When Colvin refused to get up, she was thinking about a school paper that she had written that day about the local custom that prevented blacks from using the dressing rooms and trying on clothing in department stores.
She had written that day about the local custom. This was what she was thinking about a school paper. This local custom prevented blacks from. This local custom was using the dressing rooms. This local custom was trying on clothing in department stores. Colvin refused to get up.