Before Rosa Parks made history by refusing to give up her seat in Montgomery, Alabama, there was another young woman, just 15 years old, who had done the very same thing. Her name was Claudette Colvin. In this episode, we uncover the overlooked and extraordinary story of Colvin's defiance, arrest, and her pivotal role in the court case that would ultimately help bring down bus segregation in the South. Why was her name nearly erased from the movement? What does her story reveal about the politics of protest and the cost of courage?

Join us as we explore how a teenager with fire in her heart and history in her classroom helped lay the legal foundation for one of the most powerful civil rights victories in American history.

Topics Covered:

• The climate of Montgomery, Alabama, in early 1955

• Claudette Colvin's act of defiance and arrest

• Why the civil rights leadership chose Rosa Parks instead

• The role of respectability politics in the movement

• Colvin's role in Browder v. Gayle and desegregating buses

• Her life after the movement and slow path to recognition

• The legacy of young, often-forgotten pioneers in social change

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