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Claudette Colvin

Published on Nov 18, 2015

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SHE WAS A PIONEER IN THE CIVIL RIGHTS MOVEMENT

CLAUDETTE COLVIN WAS BORN SEPT 5, 1939
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ARRESTED IN 1955 FOR REFUSING TO SEGREGATE ON A BUS

PROCEEDING THE BETTER KNOWN ROSA PARKS INCIDENT BY 9 MONTHS
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THEY WORRIED SHE WAS NOT A GOOD ROLE MODEL BECAUSE SHE WAS A PREGNANT TEEN

BLACK LEADERS DID NOT CELEBRATE HER PIONEERING EFFORT LONG
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MONTGOMERY'S BUS SEGREGATION UNCONSTITUTIONAL

SHE FOUGHT HARD TO BECOME ONE OF FOUR PLAINTIFFS IN A COURT CASE THAT RULED
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IN STARTING THE CIVIL RIGHTS MOVEMENT

CLAUDETTE COLVIN WAS A LEADER AND AN IMPORTANT FIGURE

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