History classes always share Rosa Parks’ story, but often overlook Claudette Colvin, the 15-year-old civil rights activist who refused to give up her seat nine months before Parks did. Now, after her ...
Claudette Colvin, the civil rights pioneer who was arrested at age 15 on a Montgomery bus after she refused to move from her seat months before Rosa Parks did, has died. She was 86. Colvin’s act ...
Yahoo: Claudette Colvin, teenage civil rights activist whose bus protest paved the way for Rosa Parks
Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Claudette Colvin: she was considered too immature and feisty to become a constitutional test case, so the middle-aged, ...
Claudette Colvin, teenage civil rights activist whose bus protest paved the way for Rosa Parks
Claudette Colvin, whose refusal to move to the back of a Montgomery, Alabama, bus as a teenager preceded the better-known efforts of Rosa Parks by less than a year, has died. She was 86. "It is with ...
WBAL-TV: Claudette Colvin, who refused to move seats on a bus at start of Civil Rights Movement, dies at 86
Claudette Colvin, who refused to move seats on a bus at start of Civil Rights Movement, dies at 86
MSN: Claudette Colvin, who refused to move seats on a bus at start of civil rights movement, dies at 86
MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) — Claudette Colvin, whose 1955 arrest for refusing to give up her seat on a segregated Montgomery bus helped spark the modern civil rights movement, has died. She was 86. Her ...