Claudette Colvin's bravery on March 2, 1955, was a powerful testament to the spirit of resistance and the pursuit of justice. "I'm a part of the Montgomery bus boycott story," she said.

When she was 15, she was arrested for not giving her seat up to a white woman 9 months before Rosa Parks.

Claudette Colvin co-wrote the book, about bus boycotts and a case that went all the way to the U.S. Supreme Court, with Portland writer Phillip Hoose. You are able to gift 5 more articles this month.

While her friend moved, Claudette Colvin remained in her seat, refusing to cooperate with the legal mandate of segregation. The driver eventually exited the bus to stop a police car and the two ...

The public is invited to the Cathedral on Monday, March 3 at 12.30pm to honour the 70th anniversary of 15-year-old Claudette Colvin’s “heroic stand” on a Montgomery, Alabama bus.

The actions of a teenager who refused to leave a bus seat in a segregated United ... Cathedral of the Most Holy Trinity to recognise Claudette Colvin, who, aged 15, refused to give up her seat ...

Since 2013, Triad Cultural Arts has worked to preserve an architecturally significant shotgun house as a symbol of African ...

The list included activist Claudette Colvin who was part of the Montgomery bus boycott; ballet dancer Misty Copeland; gymnasts Simone Biles and Jordan Chiles, and entertainers Beyonce, Rihanna, ...