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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 exactly "Before Rosa Parks, A Teenager Defied Segregation On An Alabama Bus". "All Things Considered" with Robert Siegel, www.npr.org. March 2, 2015. Young people think Rosa Parks just sat down on a bus and ended segregation, but that wasn't the case at all. Claudette Colvin I've always told my children that once they go out into the world, they must have two heads and two minds: one to keep grounded, the other to deal with corporate America. "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. 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. Parks made Colvin secretary of the council, trying to nurture the young woman’s spirit and budding leadership. Claudette Colvin recalled that she only went to Youth Council meetings “if I could get a ride” and sometimes she would “stay overnight at Rosa’s — she lived in the projects across the street.” Claudette Colvin in 1953. Claudette Colvin (born September 5, 1939) is a pioneer of the civil rights movement.On the day of March 2, 1955, she was the first person arrested for resisting bus segregation in Montgomery, Alabama, preceding the more publicized Rosa Parks incident by nine months, although not as well known. Most people know about Rosa Parks and the 1955 Montgomery, Ala., bus boycott. Nine months earlier, 15-year-old Claudette Colvin refused to give up her seat on the same bus system. 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 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 Share the best quotes by Claudette Colvin with your friends and family. Young people think Rosa Parks just sat down on a bus and ended segregation, but that wasn 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 August 1955, Parks was devastated to hear the news that a 14-year-old Chicago boy named Emmett Till had been lynched in Mississippi for making a comment to a white woman, Carolyn Bryant. Bryant’s husband Roy and brother-in-law J.W. Milan kidnapped the boy from his uncle’s house, tortured him and killed him. Till’s mother had View Article 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 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. Read Pitting Rosa Parks against Claudette Colvin distorts history by Jeanne Theoharis and Say Burgin in The Washington Post (2022). Related Resources Find related resources below for the classrooms, including Claudette Colvin: Twice Toward Justice for upper elementary school and middle school students. How she began her research: “I started with another biography about Claudette.” [2:37] Visiting the Rosa Parks Museum in Alabama as part of her research process on Claudette Colvin [3:45] Making a personal connection with the writing subject [5:30] and [23:51] Deciding to include the experience of Claudette Colvin losing her sister [8:00] The NPR piece "Before Rosa Parks There Was Claudette Colvin" sheds light on an often-overlooked chapter in the Civil Rights Movement. The article tells the story of Claudette Colvin, a 15-year-old Black girl who, nine months before Rosa Parks' famous act of defiance, refused to give up her seat on a Montgomery bus to a white passenger. Claudette Colvin: Twice Towards Justice book (affiliate): months before Rosa Parks, a 15-year-old student named Claudette Colvin refus On March 2, 1955, a full nine months before Rosa Parks took her famous stand, Colvin boarded a city bus with her friends, taking a seat behind the first five rows, which were reserved for whites.
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