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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.
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- Claudette Austin, September 5, 1939 (age 84), Montgomery, Alabama, U.S.
- 1969–2004 (as nurse aide)
5. Apr. 2024 · Claudette Colvin (born September 5, 1939, Birmingham, Alabama, U.S.) American teenager who was arrested in 1955 for refusing to give up her bus seat to a white person. 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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8. Feb. 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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How Claudette Colvin helped spark America's Civil Rights Movement at the age of 15.
25. Feb. 2021 · A 15-year-old gifted Black student, with aspirations to become a civil rights attorney, took a window seat near the exit door. She gazed outdoors until the white driver instructed her to give up...
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.
