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1. Similarities: Acts of Defiance: Both Claudette Colvin and Rosa Parks refused to surrender their seats on segregated buses, challenging the oppressive racial norms of the time. Early Activism: Both women were engaged in civil rights activism from a young age. Claudette joined the NAACP Youth Council, and Parks was a secretary for the NAACP. Comparison: Claudette Colvin and Rosa Parks Similarities both African-American women both refused to give up seat on a segregated bus both arrested on segregated buses both started a spark that led to the Montgomery Bus Boycott both arrested in 1955 Claudette and Rosa Claudette 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 Rosa Parks didn’t wake up one day with the intention of being the face of the Civil Rights Movement. It was the accumulated work of many, like Claudette, who paved the way for her. The failure to elevate Claudette’s contribution to the movement for decades is a painful reminder of the ways in which young Black women’s voices are often C&S: Tell me about this campaign in Albany to declare a “Claudette Colvin Day.” CC: If you’ve given Mrs. Parks all the recognition, then you haven’t told the true story! Most of the young children, they have this takeaway, especially in New York – down in the South, they understand a little bit more – that the civil rights movement 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. "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. For many years, Rosa Parks was the name associated with the bus boycott, but gradually, Claudette Colvin’s role in the actions and lawsuit that ended bus segregation became known. This book explores the many issues surrounding the Montgomery Bus Boycott, such as the age, gender, and class barriers that factored into decisions and the internal Heroes are “curious, critical, and even uncertain in the face of adversity.” This was true of Claudette Colvin who planted a seed that started the Montgomery bus boycott. Her story is told from her point of view juxtaposed to the Rosa Parks, a lifelong activist. Cartoon illustrations and accessible language tell the story of how many people came together to effect change. 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 Nine months later, Rosa Parks did the exact same thing. Parks, of course, became a powerful symbol of the civil rights movement. But Claudette Colvin has largely been left out of the history books. In 1956, about a year after Colvin refused to give up her seat, her attorney Fred Gray filed the landmark federal lawsuit Browder v. Gayle. In 1932 she married Raymond Parks, a barber and member of the NAACP. At that time, Raymond Parks was active in the Scottsboro case. In 1943 Rosa Parks joined the local chapter of the NAACP and was elected secretary. Two years later, she registered to vote, after twice being denied. By 1949 Parks was advisor to the local NAACP Youth Council. Rosa Parks and white ally Virginia Durr began fundraising for young Colvin’s case, and more than one hundred letters and a stack of donations streamed into Parks’ apartment. Parks was hopeful that the young woman’s arrest would embolden other young people to action and spark interest in the NAACP youth meetings. 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. Rosa parks follows another woman, Claudette Colvin. Claudette did do exactly the same thing as Rosa, but she was pregnant at the time so the NAACP though she didn’t have the ability to stand up on her own. Colvin, Parks, Lafayette, Emeagwali, Fuller, Malcolm X, and Bridges are just a couple of the great african-american heroes. Rosa Parks is fingerprinted by police Lt. D.H. Lackey in Montgomery, Ala., on Feb. 22, 1956, two months after refusing to give up her seat in a bus for a White passenger. Many people know Rosa Parks as a civil rights icon who refused to give up her seat to a white passenger and move to the back of the bus. Parks’s action led to the Montgomery, Alabama, bus boycott. Months before Rosa Parks became the mother of the modern civil rights movement by refusing to move to the back of a segregated Alabama bus, Black teenager Claudette Colvin did the same. She wants No, this is not the story of Rosa Parks. This is 15 year old Claudette Colvin’s first hand experience with segregation, 9 months prior to Parks’. Colvin became the first person arrested for challenging the Montgomery bus laws, continuing the deep-rooted movement of resistance against oppression, yet she received little recognition for her Rosa parks follows another woman, Claudette Colvin. Claudette did do exactly the same thing as Rosa, but she was pregnant at the time so the NAACP though she didn’t have the ability to stand up on her own. Colvin, Parks, Lafayette, Emeagwali, Fuller, Malcolm X, and Bridges are just a couple of the great african-american heroes.
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