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Claudette Colvin (* 5. September 1939 in Birmingham, Alabama) ist eine der Vorreiterinnen der US-amerikanischen Bürgerrechtsbewegung von 1955 bis 1968. Als 15-Jährige widersetzte sie sich am 2. März 1955 der damaligen Rassentrennung in öffentlichen Bussen in Alabama, neun Monate vor der bekannteren Bürgerrechtlerin Rosa Parks.
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.
10. März 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...
28. Juni 2024 · Claudette Colvin 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’s more famous act.
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Rosa Parks was arrested in December 1955. Nine months earlier, 15 year old Claudette Colvin was arrested for the exact same thing in Montgomery, Alabama. Discover more about her on womenshistory.org.
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.
8. Feb. 2024 · Claudette Colvin is an activist who was a pioneer in the civil rights movement in Alabama during the 1950s. She refused to give up her seat on a bus months before...
