| Full Name |
Claudette Colvin |
| Date of Birth |
05 September 1939 |
| Place of Birth |
Montgomery, Alabama, United States |
| Date of Death |
- |
| Place of Death |
- |
| Citizenship / Country of Residence |
United States |
| Education |
Montgomery public schools; later nursing studies |
| Profession |
Civil Rights Activist; Nurse Aide (retired) |
| Years of Activity |
Active in civil rights from 1955; worked as a nurse aide 1969-2004 |
| Brief Information |
On 02 March 1955, Claudette Colvin was arrested at the age of 15 for refusing to give up her seat to a white passenger on a segregated bus in Montgomery, Alabama, nine months before Rosa Parks' more widely recognized act. She was one of the four plaintiffs in the federal court case Browder v. Gayle, which successfully challenged the constitutionality of bus segregation in Alabama. Colvin's early stand against segregation contributed significantly to the momentum of the Civil Rights Movement, despite her story being less publicized at the time. |