youtu.be/QCCx2--zoRU Today marks the anniversary of Claudette Colvin's arrest for refusing to give up her seat on a Montgomery bus. Watch our latest video to learn about her courageous actions and the impact she had on the Civil Rights Movement #ClaudetteColvin #CivilRights
Before Rosa Parks, 15-year-old Claudette Colvin refused to give up her bus seat in Montgomery, AL. Arrested & later a plaintiff in Browder v. Gayle, her defiance helped end bus segregation. #WomensHistoryMonth #ClaudetteColvin #CivilRights #BlackWomenLead #Trailblazers #GrowthOpps
Mrs. Claudette Colvin was born 84 years ago today in Montgomery, Alabama. As a teenager, she was arrested in 1955 for refusing to give up her seat to a white person - 9 months before Rosa Parks.
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68 years ago today, civil rights pioneer & retired nurse aide, #ClaudetteColvin , was arrested at the age of 15 in Montgomery, AL, for refusing to give up her seat to a white woman on a segregated bus. This occurred 9 months before the Rosa Parks incident.
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Respect the sisterhood
Sending respect to these 2 queens on transportation equity day.
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🧵 #ClaudetteColvin & #RosaParks must be turning in their graves! Their defiance against #racialsegregation on public buses in #Montgomery , #Alabama , sparked a movement that would forever alter history's course… or so they believed!
Thank you my confidant HONOURABLE LUCKY OBIYAN 🙏🏽♥️
9 months BEFORE #RosaParks there was…
ELDER CLAUDETTE COLVIN! ✊🏽 on this day we salute you ✨ 👸🏿 #ClaudetteColvin
From Untold: Learn about Claudette Colvin, the civil rights pioneer who helped end bus segregation...at age 15.
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Thank you to Crous de Bordeaux-Aquitaine school, in the south of France, for naming a residence hall in Ms. Claudette Colvin's honor. #Claudettecolvin #Roseboroholdings
#ClaudetteColvin is an American pioneer of the 1950s civil rights movement & 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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Nine months before #RosaParks , #ClaudetteColvin refused to give up her bus seat to a white person.
Other women challenged the segregationist law and were quietly fined, but at 15, Colvin was the first. We lift up and honor her courage in the face of racism. #HowWeResist
