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Claudette Colvin was a civil rights activist who refused to give up her seat on a segregated bus in Montgomery, Alabama, in 1955. She was one of the plaintiffs in the landmark Browder v. Gayle case that ended bus segregation, but her role was not widely known until later.
Mar 10, 2018 · In March 1955, nine months before Rosa Parks defied segregation laws by refusing to give up her seat to a white passenger on a bus in Montgomery, Alabama, 15-year-old Claudette Colvin did exactly...
Sep 1, 2024 · Claudette Colvin is an American woman who was arrested as a teenager in 1955 for refusing to give up her bus seat to a white woman. Her protest was one of several by Black women challenging segregation on buses in the months before Rosa Parks’s more famous act.
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Feb 8, 2024 · Claudette Colvin is an activist who was a pioneer in the civil rights movement in Alabama during the 1950s. She refused to give up her seat on a bus months before Rosa...
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As a teenager, Claudette Colvin was politicized by the mistreatment of her classmate Jeremiah Reeves. Months before Rosa Parks' stand, Colvin refused to give up her seat on the bus and was arrested.
Claudette Colvin was a 15-year-old black girl who refused to give up her seat on a Montgomery bus in 1955, nine months before Rosa Parks. Learn about her arrest, trial, and how her courage paved the way for the Civil Rights Movement.
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Mar 15, 2009 · Few people know the story of Claudette Colvin: When she was 15, she refused to move to the back of the bus and give up her seat to a white person — nine months before Rosa Parks did the very same...
