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Nine Months Before Rosa Parks
You’ve heard of Rosa Parks, but do you know about Claudette Colvin?
On March 2, 1955, when Claudette was 15 years old, she refused to give up her seat to a white passenger on a segregated bus in Montgomery, AL. This was nine months before Rosa Parks did the same thing.
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You’ve heard of Rosa Parks, but do you know about Claudette Colvin?
On March 2, 1955, when Claudette was 15 years old, she refused to give up her seat to a white passenger on a segregated bus in Montgomery, AL. This was nine months before Rosa Parks did the same thing.
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