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Claudette Colvin Refuses to Move (1955) Image Transcription: Claudette Colvin at 13 years old, April 20th, 1953 [blackpast.org] On this day in 1955, 15-year old Claudette Colvin was arrested in Montgomery, Alabama for refusing to give up her seat to a white woman, nine months before the more widely known incident with Rosa Parks. There is definitely some truth to the idea that Colvin was passed over as a poster child, namely, because she was a child. Rosa Parks did know of her arrest, so in a way Colvin could have contributed to Rosa reaching her breaking point. The NAACP decided to publicly pursue Rosa’s legal case after her arrest because there was momentum. The fight for civil rights happened way, way before either one of these two women. Unfortunately, we only care what is popular, which is Rosa Parks and Claudette Colvin. Claudette Colvin is pretty well known. Here are 10 women who gave up their seats before the, some way before them. There were countless struggles occurred that were never known History remembers the bold.Alexander the Great, Marie Curie and Neil Armstrong are all remembered for their audacity, discoveries and exploration. But sometimes, a figure slips through the cracks.While Rosa Parks is celebrated for her refusal to give up her bus seat, Claudette Colvin’s identical act of defiance in the same city nine months earlier has been all but forgotten. In March 1955, nine months before Rosa Parks defied segregation laws by refusing to give up her seat to a white passenger on a bus in Montgomery, Alabama, 15-year-old Claudette Colvin did exactly Claudette Colvin is an American woman who was arrested as a teenager in 1955 for refusing to give up her bus seat to a white woman. Her protest was one of several by Black women challenging segregation on buses in the months before Rosa Parks’s more famous act. Claudette Colvin (born Claudette Austin; September 5, 1939) [1] [2] is an American pioneer of the 1950s civil rights movement and retired nurse aide. On March 2, 1955, she was arrested at the age of 15 in Montgomery, Alabama , for refusing to give up her seat to a white woman on a crowded, segregated bus. "The Other Rosa Parks: Now 73, Claudette Colvin Was First to Refuse Giving Up Seat on Montgomery Bus." Democracy Now, March 29, 2013. Adler, Margot. "Before Rosa Parks, There Was Claudette Colvin." National Public Radio, March 15, 2009. Kitchen, Sebastian. "Claudette Colvin." The Montgomery Bus Boycott. Mechanic, Michael. Her name was Claudette Colvin. But the world was not yet ready to hear her name. Claudette’s story has long been overshadowed by the more famous act of defiance performed by Rosa Parks later that year. Parks, with her carefully curated image as a quiet, respectable, middle-aged woman, became the face of the Montgomery Bus Boycott. In the chronicles of the Civil Rights Movement, one name remains regrettably shrouded by the obscurity of history – Claudette Colvin. Aged just 15, this fiery teenager, imbued with the spirit of resistance, defied the oppressive conventions of a racially segregated Montgomery, Alabama, a full nine months before the more famous act of defiance by Rosa Parks. On March 2, 1955, Claudette stood TIL about Claudette Colvin, a 15 year old African American girl from Montgomery, AL who was arrested in 1955 after she refused to give up her seat on a bus to a white woman, telling the bus driver, "It's my constitutional right to sit here." She did this 9 months prior to Rosa Parks' famous protest. Rosa Parks actually worked on Claudette Colvin's case, that's how she got involved. But people don't realize that from a public protest point of view, it's more productive to plan something and have support in place and ready to go than it is to complain about something after the fact. This is Claudette Colvin, an American pioneer of the 1950s civil rights movement and retired nurse aide. On March 2, 1955, she was arrested at the age of 15 in Montgomery, Alabama, for refusing to give up her seat, this was 9 months before the Rosa Parks incident. Never forget her name or sacrifice. TIL Nine months before Rosa Parks' arrest for refusing to give up her bus seat, 15-year-old Claudette Colvin was arrested in Montgomery for the same act. The city's black leaders prepared to protest, until it was discovered Colvin was pregnant and deemed an inappropriate symbol for their cause. The incident didn't go unnoticed. Thurgood Marshall, head of the NAACP in Birmingham at the time took Claudette Colvin's case. He didn't think she was a very photogenic spokesperson and then found out she got pregnant so he staged an event with Rosa Parks, who was more attractive, better spoken, an NAACP insider, and lighter skinned. TIL that Claudette Colvin resisted bus segregation nine months before Rosa Parks, and it is her case that went to the Supreme Court — only for her to be swept under the rug by NAACP leaders since she was a pregnant teenager. On this day in 1955, 15-year old Claudette Colvin was arrested in Montgomery, Alabama for refusing to give up her seat to a white woman, nine months before the more widely known incident with Rosa Parks. I'm watching the show for the first time and I was wondering if Claudette Colvin's name is known at all by the general American (i'm European and only heard of Rosa Parks before the show). When Rosa Parks is mention, it should be noted the woman BEFORE her, Claudette Colins. Due to the fact that she was a darker skin complexion, teen TIL that Claudette Colvin was the first African American woman to refuse to move to the back of a bus nine months before Rosa Parks did, but the NAACP did not want to use her to represent their organization because she was 15 years old and pregnant.
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