Her story can now be found in Claudette Colvin: Twice Toward Justice (2009) by Phillip Hoose.Ĭhances are if you follow the book awards circuit, you’ve heard some buzz about this book. Her name was largely forgotten by history, supplanted by the more respectable and now iconic Rosa Parks, until now. But the tides soon turned and suddenly Claudette found herself on the outside looking in at a movement that she arguably started all by herself. She was dragged to jail and charged as an adult for her refusal.Īt first Claudette Colvin was hailed as a celebrity and a shining example to her community. Citing a little-known Montgomery bus rule, this girl stated with confidence that it was her Constitutional right to keep her seat on the bus. On Maa fifteen-year-old girl refused to give up her seat to a white passenger on a segregated bus a full nine months before Rosa Parks did. Rosa Parks refusing to give up her seat was a pivotal moment in history. Her bold decision inspired the black community in Montgomery, Alabama and helped start the historic Montgomery bus boycott. Everyone knows that Rosa Parks helped spark the Civil Rights movement with her refusal to give up her seat on a segregated bus for a white passenger.
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