There was a who got arrested before Parks but the activists didn't want to use her so they contrived the same situation for NCAAP secretary Parks who was clean and polite.
"They said they didn't want to use a pregnant teenager because it would be controversial and the people would talk about the pregnancy more than the boycott," Colvin says.
There was a [pregnant 15 year old](https://www.bbc.com/news/stories-43171799) who got arrested before Parks but the activists didn't want to use her so they contrived the same situation for NCAAP secretary Parks who was clean and polite.
>"They said they didn't want to use a pregnant teenager because it would be controversial and the people would talk about the pregnancy more than the boycott," Colvin says.
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