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.
Author: Brad Harper, Montgomery Advertiser
She was 13 when a beaten John Lewis arrived at her Alabama family’s home, seeking refuge
Valda Harris Montgomery’s parents opened their door to Lewis and the other Freedom Riders in 1961. She said watching Alabama honor him was “surreal.”
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