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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.
Sep 1, 2024 · Claudette Colvin was a 15-year-old activist who refused to give up her bus seat to a white woman in 1955, inspiring the Montgomery bus boycott. Learn about her life, court case, and legacy in this article from Britannica.
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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...
Feb 8, 2024 · Claudette Colvin is a civil rights activist who, before Rosa Parks, refused to give up her bus seat to a white passenger. She was arrested and became one of four plaintiffs...
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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.
On March 2, 1955, Claudette Colvin boarded a bus home from school. Fifteen years old, the tiny Colvin attended Booker T. Washington High School. She’d been politicized by the mistreatment of her classmate Jeremiah Reeves and had just written a paper on the problems of downtown segregation.
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...
