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.
Claudette Colvin was around six years old when she was adopted by Mary Anne and Q.P. Colvin in Montgomery, Alabama.
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.
Rosa Parks and Claudette Colvin are similar because they both wouldn't give their seats to a white passenger.
she did not go to college
Claudette Colvin was born on September 5, 1939.
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.
Claudette Colvin is 77 years old (birthdate: September 5, 1939).
Claudette Colvin is 77 years old (birthdate: September 5, 1939).
She refused to give her seat up to a white man. She got arrested at the age of 15.
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in 1955 Claudette Colvin goes to high school in Booker t. Washington
Claudette Colvin was around six years old when she was adopted by Mary Anne and Q.P. Colvin in Montgomery, Alabama.
she was born on September 1939 sorry can't date
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