Claudette Colvin was arrested in 1955 for refusing to give up her seat to a white man on a Montgomery, Alabama, bus. This occurred nine months before the Rosa Parks case, but Colvin's wasn't widely publicized because she was an unmarried pregnant teen. She was one of four plaintiffs in Browder vs. Gayle, which which ruled that Montgomery's segregated bus system was unconstitutional.
Friday, July 12, 2024
Claudette Colvin
