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How are Rosa parks and Claudette Colvin were similar and dissimilar?
Rosa Parks and Claudette Colvin are similar because they both wouldn't give their seats to a white passenger.
Why is Claudette Colvin important?
Several months prior to the incident where Rosa Parks was arrested for refusing to give up a seat on a public bus to a white passenger, Claudette Colvin was arrested for a similar situation. She was 15 years old at the time.
Were there other women before Rosa Parks who refused to surrender their seat?
Yes, there was a teenager named Claudette Colvin who refused to give up her seat before Rosa Parks. However, since Colvin was an unwed teenage mother, the leaders of the civil rights movement decided to find someone else to be the face of the movement. They chose Rosa Parks.
What did claudette colvin do?
Claudette Colvin was the first African-American (Black Person) to start the bus boycott. She refused to give up her seat for a white person because it was her constitutional right. 9 Months Later Rosa Parks got arrested for the same thing but her case was well known today.
Why did ED Nixon choose to fight rosa's case instead of claudette colvin of any one else's?
because he said that they did not know what they were going to do with it and they were putting her family at risk
How are Rosa parks and Claudette Colvin were similar and dissimilar?
Rosa Parks and Claudette Colvin are similar because they both wouldn't give their seats to a white passenger.
Why is Claudette Colvin important?
Several months prior to the incident where Rosa Parks was arrested for refusing to give up a seat on a public bus to a white passenger, Claudette Colvin was arrested for a similar situation. She was 15 years old at the time.
Did anyone refuse to move from their seat before Rosa parks?
Yes, fifteen year old Claudette Colvin did it nine months before Rosa
Were there other women before Rosa Parks who refused to surrender their seat?
Yes, there was a teenager named Claudette Colvin who refused to give up her seat before Rosa Parks. However, since Colvin was an unwed teenage mother, the leaders of the civil rights movement decided to find someone else to be the face of the movement. They chose Rosa Parks.
Who was the woman that refused to give up her seat on the bus to a white passenger?
Claudette Colvin was the first black to refuse to give up her seat. She was a teenager at the time.
What did claudette colvin do?
Claudette Colvin was the first African-American (Black Person) to start the bus boycott. She refused to give up her seat for a white person because it was her constitutional right. 9 Months Later Rosa Parks got arrested for the same thing but her case was well known today.
Is Rosa Parks famous or Shadow the hedgehog famous?
Rosa Parks is famous.
Who was the first African American person to refuse to give up their seat to a white person on the bus?
The first African American person to refuse to give their seat to a white person on a the bus was Irene Morgan in 1944 and Claudette Colvin 9 months before Rosa Parks. Rosa Parks was not the first
Who is a famous Georgia folk?
Rosa Parks is a famous person. Rosa Parks is a famous person.
How did Rosa parks get started in her profession defending human rights?
At the time, Rosa Parks served as the Secretary for her local chapter's NAACP. She supported the organization's earlier efforts to use another black female's (by the name of Claudette Colvin) similar arrest as the centerpeice story to raise issue with the discriminitive policy. However, the organization abandoned Colvin's testimony support after learning that the young unwed teenager (15 year old) was pregnant. The NAACP believed someone else would be better suited to garner more sympathy for the cause. Rosa Parks agreed to be the new heroine.
Where did Rosa parks become famous in Dec1955?
Rosa Parks Became Famous In MontGomery,Alabama :D Hope This Helped
What was Rosa parks was famous?
Rosa Parks was famous for not standing up on the bus. Instead she just sat there. She thought that everyone had their rights.
