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Montgomery Bus Boycott--Claudette Colvin
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Claudette Colvin
Claudette Colvin (b. 1939) was a pioneer of the African American Civil Rights Movement. On March 2, 1955, she was arrested for refusing to give up her seat on a bus in segregated Montgomery, Alabama, nine months prior to Rosa Parks.
http://www.ajc.com/news/national/claudette-colvin/eC6iVhCZA6S46PMLJ3T8QP/
Black History Month One-On-One: Civil Rights Activist Claudette Colvin « CBS New York
The story of Claudette Colvin has largely gone unnoticed, but it was her act of civil disobedience that lead to the desegregation of the buses in Montgomery, Alabama and eventually the United States.
http://newyork.cbslocal.com/2017/02/01/bhm-claudette-colvin/
Before Rosa Parks, There Was Claudette Colvin : NPR
Most people know about Rosa Parks and the 1955 Montgomery, Ala., bus boycott. But nine months before Parks sat down and refused to move, 15-year-old Claudette Colvin refused to give up her seat on the same bus system. She was one of a number of women who refused to give up their seats in protest of Jim Crow segregation laws.
http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=101719889
Biography of Claudette Colvin
http://www.biography.com/people/claudette-colvin-11378
Claudette Colvin - Wikipedia
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Claudette_Colvin

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Claudette Colvin
Colvin in 1952
Born	Claudette Austin (1939-09-05) September 5, 1939 (age 84) Montgomery, Alabama, U.S.
Occupation(s)	Civil rights activist, nurse aide
Years active	1969–2004 (as nurse aide)
Era	Civil rights movement (1954–1968)
Known for	Arrested at the age of 15 in Montgomery, Alabama, for refusing to give up her seat to a white woman on a segregated bus, nine months before the similar Rosa Parks incident.
Children	2

Montgomery Bus Boycott--Claudette Colvin
http://www.montgomeryboycott.com/claudette-colvin/
Claudette Colvin
Claudette Colvin (b. 1939) was a pioneer of the African American Civil Rights Movement. On March 2, 1955, she was arrested for refusing to give up her seat on a bus in segregated Montgomery, Alabama, nine months prior to Rosa Parks.
http://www.ajc.com/news/national/claudette-colvin/eC6iVhCZA6S46PMLJ3T8QP/
Black History Month One-On-One: Civil Rights Activist Claudette Colvin « CBS New York
The story of Claudette Colvin has largely gone unnoticed, but it was her act of civil disobedience that lead to the desegregation of the buses in Montgomery, Alabama and eventually the United States.
http://newyork.cbslocal.com/2017/02/01/bhm-claudette-colvin/
Before Rosa Parks, There Was Claudette Colvin : NPR
Most people know about Rosa Parks and the 1955 Montgomery, Ala., bus boycott. But nine months before Parks sat down and refused to move, 15-year-old Claudette Colvin refused to give up her seat on the same bus system. She was one of a number of women who refused to give up their seats in protest of Jim Crow segregation laws.
http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=101719889
Biography of Claudette Colvin
http://www.biography.com/people/claudette-colvin-11378
Claudette Colvin - Wikipedia
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Claudette_Colvin

Claudette Colvin
Colvin in 1952
Born	Claudette Austin (1939-09-05) September 5, 1939 (age 84) Montgomery, Alabama, U.S.
Occupation(s)	Civil rights activist, nurse aide
Years active	1969–2004 (as nurse aide)
Era	Civil rights movement (1954–1968)
Known for	Arrested at the age of 15 in Montgomery, Alabama, for refusing to give up her seat to a white woman on a segregated bus, nine months before the similar Rosa Parks incident.
Children	2

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