UPDATE: Civil Rights Pioneer Claudette Colvins’ Arrest Record Cleared 66 Years Later
Montgomery County Juvenile Judge Calvin Williams, who wasn't born when 15-year-old Claudette Colvin boldly refused to give up her seat ...
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A 15-Year-Old Alabama Girl Refused To Give Up Her Seat Months Before Rosa Parks, She Now Wants Record Expunged For 1955 Arrest In Montgomery, Alabama
Colorism may have played a part in Colvin's erasure of being the first person to challenge the Jim Crow bus ...
Congress Introduces Bill To Make Rosa Parks Day A Federal Holiday
This would be the first federal holiday that honors a woman.
