Claudette Colvin
American civil rights activist
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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, Q.P. Colvin, and more
Children: Raymond Colvin
Era: Civil rights movement (1954–1968)
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Claudette Colvin (born Claudette Austin; September 5, 1939) is an American pioneer of the 1950s civil rights movement and retired nurse aide.
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.
On March 2, 1955, 15-year-old Claudette Colvin was arrested when she refused to give her seat to a white woman on a segregated bus in Montgomery, Alabama. She ...
Claudette Colvin | The Rebellious Life of Mrs. Rosa Parks
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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 ...
Her story begins as a young girl growing up in segregated Montgomery, Alabama. She knew firsthand of the humiliation and violence that black people suffered if ...
Mar 15, 2009 · There are many reasons why Claudette Colvin has been pretty much forgotten. She hardly ever told her story when she moved to New York City. In ...
Jan 24, 2023 · Colvin was traveling home from school when the bus' driver ordered her, along with three fellow Black students, to give up their row of seats to ...
Feb 26, 2021 · A 15-year-old gifted Black student, with aspirations to become a civil rights attorney, took a window seat near the exit door. She gazed ...
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Apr 5, 2024 · American teenager who was arrested in 1955 for refusing to give up her bus seat to a white person. Her protest was one of several by Black women ...
As a disgraced unwed mother, rejected by blacks and whites, Colvin fled to New York to find work. Working as a domestic, she was shocked when the lady of the ...