In a powerful new book, a hero of the Civil Rights era tells her story to children
Claudette Colvin co-wrote the book, about bus boycotts and a case that went all the way to the U.S. Supreme Court, with ...
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Montgomery Bus Boycott activist Claudette Colvin remembers her stand against injustice
CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas — Often overshadowed by the more widely-known story of Rosa Parks, Claudette Colvin's bravery on March 2, 1955, was a powerful testament to the spirit of resistance and the ...
Montgomery Bus Boycott activist Claudette Colvin remembers her stand against injustice
When she was 15, she was arrested for not giving her seat up to a white woman 9 months before Rosa Parks.
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Spotlight on civil rights figure
Teenagers were given history lessons during their school bus rides as part of a celebration honouring trailblazers who made a ...
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See list of book signings and other literary events coming up in New Orleans
Marguerite Sheffer, Annell Lopez and Vanessa Saunders: 5:30 p.m., Latter Memorial Library, 5120 St/ Charles Ave. Three local ...
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Teenage civil rights activist to be honoured on Monday
Members of the public have been invited to the Cathedral of the Most Holy Trinity to recognise Claudette Colvin, who, aged 15, refused to give up her seat for a White woman in Montgomery ...