Latest: Claudette Colvin's arrest record expunged 66 years after she refused to give up city bus seat What became of Colvin's arrest?Ĭolvin was one of four plaintiffs in Browder v. But, Montgomery Juvenile Court judge has expunged Claudette Colvin's 1955 arrest for challenging segregation on the city's bus lines, an act that preceded Rosa Parks' similar challenge by nine months. The Montgomery native was riding home from school when the bus driver told her to vacate her seat for a white passenger. Colvin, like Parks, refused to give up her seat on a bus on March 2, 1955. But a 15-year-old showed the same bravery months earlier.Ĭlaudette Colvin was a key player in the civil rights movement in Alabama during the 1950s. Many remember Rosa Parks for her refusal to give up a bus seat to a white passenger on Dec. Watch Video: Fred Gray talks about Claudette Colvin
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