Colvin, Claudette, 1939-

Biography:

At the age of fifteen, Colvin, a member of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People Youth Council, openly refused to give up her seat on a Montgomery segregated bus to a white passenger on March 2, 1955. Her arrest preceded the arrest of Parks by nine months.

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