Claudette Colvin was far from the first black American to be arrested under the tyranny of Jim Crow. But by 1955, the NAACP was ready to wage legal warfare against the clearly unconstitutional regime.

In Hoose’s young adult book, “Claudette Colvin: Twice Toward Justice,” the 15-year-old Colvin’s story of determination to stand up for her “constitutional rights” on the bus is finally ...

The group’s actions came 11 years before Claudette Colvin and Rosa Parks refused to give up their front seats on segregated buses in Montgomery, Alabama. Both actions served as precursors to the ...

This year’s plaque, honoring Colvin, was sponsored by Heritage Victor Valley Medical Group. For additional information or to become a sponsor of future Civil Rights Memorial plaques, call 760 ...

A claim began circulating online in early 2024 that civil rights activist Rosa Parks' husband, Raymond Parks, had a car. It's unclear where the rumor originated, but it was repeated by American ...

On behalf of Colvin, Aurelia S. Browder, Susie McDonald, Mary Louise Smith and Jeanetta Reese, Gray sued the city of Montgomery on Feb. 1, 1956. (Reese eventually dropped out of the Browder v.

Since Colvin was a pregnant teenager, there were concerns she would be viewed less sympathetically than Parks, a working woman and secretary of the NAACP who was well known and respected.

Claudette Colvin Many may not realize that Rosa Parks’ refusal to give up her seat on a bus was not an isolated or spontaneous occurrence; it was actually part of an orchestrated boycott.

At age 15, she refused to give up her seat on a segregated Montgomery, Alabama, bus and was arrested. Colvin's courageous act was a full nine months before Park's famous act on Dec. 1, 1955.

Nearly 70 years ago, nine months before Rosa Parks refused to move to the back of the bus, a 15-year-old Claudette Colvin staged a similar protest — but it would be decades before much of the world ...