Jeff and Sam share the story of Claudette Colvin, a civil rights activist who refused to give up her bus seat to a white woman in Montgomery, Alabama, on March 2, 1955. Her act of defiance occurred nine months before Rosa Parks's similar act, making Claudette a pivotal yet often overlooked figure in the Civil Rights Movement.
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Sources
- Chicago Tribune - Other Heroes of Bus Boycott
- Learning for Justice - Browder v. Gayle
- History.com - Claudette Colvin Refuses to Give Up Her Seat
- The Guardian - Claudette Colvin
- Wikipedia - Claudette Colvin
- Biography.com - Claudette Colvin
- Americans Who Tell The Truth - Claudette Colvin