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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 When they took Claudette in, the Colvins lived in Pine Level, a small country town in Montgomery County, the same town where Rosa Parks grew up. [2][10] When Colvin was eight years old, the Colvins moved to King Hill, a poor black neighborhood in Montgomery where she spent the rest of her childhood. [11][12] 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. 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. As a teenager, Claudette Colvin was politicized by the mistreatment of her classmate Jeremiah Reeves. Months before Rosa Parks' stand, Colvin refused to give up her seat on the bus and was arrested. 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 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 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. Few people know the story of Claudette Colvin: When she was 15, she refused to move to the back of the bus and give up her seat to a white person — nine months before Rosa Parks did the Claudette Colvin (1939- ) is best known for her arrest after refusing to give up her seat on a Montgomery bus some nine months before Rosa Parks did so and set off the Montgomery Bus Boycott. Colvin was a plaintiff in the federal case filed by attorney Fred Gray in February 1956. The Colvin case, Douglas Brinkley writes in Rosa Parks, “proved a good dress rehearsal for the real drama shortly to come.” The African American community needed a citizen whose character was unimpeachable, a “pillar of the community.” Nine months later, on December 1, 1955, Rosa Parks—unbeknownst to her—would become that person. Downloadable script about the courageous stories of Rosa Parks and Claudette Colvin during the Montgomery Bus Boycott Theme of the Work: Social justice, the power of unity, and faith in action. Duration: 12–15 minutes Pages: 4-5 Actors: 8–10 (Rosa, Claudette, bus driver, passengers, narrators, and Dr. King) Keywords: Rosa Parks, Claudette Colvin, Montgomery Bus Boycott, church worship Right about now you might be thinking, “Um, I think you mean Rosa Parks.” But actually, Park’s arrest came nine months later — on December 1st of that year. It was actually Claudette Colvin who first took the bus-related stand, inspiring Parks and Montgomery Bus Boycott that followed. Nine months earlier, 15-year-old Claudette Colvin had been arrested for refusing to give up her seat to a white passenger. In October 1955, 18-year-old Mary Louise Smith had been arrested under similar circumstances, but both cases failed to stir Montgomery’s black leadership to help launch a mass protest. Related primary source: Photo showing Rosa Parks and Martin Luther King at anniversary celebration at Highlander Folk School in Tennessee in 1957. First published by GA Commission on Education (reproduced here in Atlanta Courier) and used to claim “Communist” influences on civil rights leaders. [Parks is visible but not noted in caption.] Rosa Parks was a friend of Colvin’s family as well. of charges related to her refusal to give up her seat on the bus—66 years after she was arrested Rosa Parks was arrested in December 1955. Nine months earlier, 15 year old Claudette Colvin was arrested for the exact same thing in Montgomery, Alabama. Discover more about her on womenshistory.org. Related Story Story Feb 04, 2013 On Rosa Parks’ 100th Birthday, The Rebellious Life of Mrs. Rosa Parks. Can you put Claudette Colvin’s remarkably brave act, 15-year-old schoolgirl, into On Dec. 1, a statue of Rosa Parks was unveiled in Montgomery, Ala., for the 64th anniversary of her refusal to give up her seat to a white passenger, along with granite markers honoring Colvin and You know the story of David and Goliath, right? Well, America has its own version. Only our hero is 15-year-old African-American, school girl Claudette Colvi
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