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Civil rights pioneer Claudette Colvin aims to clear 1955 arrest record for refusing to surrender her bus seat

Brad Harper, Montgomery Advertiser Comments Off on Civil rights pioneer Claudette Colvin aims to clear 1955 arrest record for refusing to surrender her bus seat

Claudette Colvin was arrested at 15 for refusing to give up her seat on a segregated city bus in Montgomery, Alabama, nine months before Rosa Parks.

     
Brad Harper, Montgomery Advertiser
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