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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. 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, segregated bus.
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- Claudette Austin, September 5, 1939 (age 84), Montgomery, Alabama, U.S.
- 1969–2004 (as nurse aide)
May 16, 2024 · Claudette Colvin (born September 5, 1939, Birmingham, Alabama, U.S.) 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 was arrested for refusing to give up her seat.
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Feb 8, 2024 · Claudette Colvin was a civil rights activist who refused to give up her seat on a segregated bus in Montgomery, Alabama, in 1955. She became one of the plaintiffs in the Browder v. Gayle case that ruled the bus system unconstitutional, and later moved to New York City and worked as a nurse's aide.
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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 ...
Learn about Claudette Colvin, a 15-year-old black girl who refused to give up her seat on a segregated bus in Montgomery, Alabama, nine months before Rosa Parks. Discover how her arrest and trial sparked the civil rights movement and her role in the Browder v Gayle case.
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Mar 15, 2009 · Most people know about Rosa Parks and the 1955 Montgomery, Ala., bus boycott. Nine months earlier, 15-year-old Claudette Colvin refused to give up her seat on the same bus system.
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.
