Claudette Colvin
American civil rights activist
Claudette Colvin is an American pioneer of the 1950s civil rights movement and retired nurse aide. On March 2, 1955, she was arrested at the age of 15 in Montgomery, Alabama, for refusing to give up her seat to a white woman on a crowded,... Wikipedia
Born: September 5, 1939 (age 84 years), Birmingham, AL
Education: Booker T. Washington High School and Booker T. Washington School
Parents: Mary Anne Colvin, Mary Jane Gadson, C.P. Austin, and more
Children: Raymond Colvin
Era: Civil rights movement (1954–1968)