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Claudette Colvin: the woman who refused to give up her bus seat – nine months before Rosa Parks

Claudette Colvin: the woman who refused to give up her bus seat – nine months before Rosa Parks

It was a spring afternoon in 1955 when a teenager’s spontaneous act of defiance changed US history. Why did it take 40 years for her to get any credit?

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Claudette Colvin, Women's History, Women's History Month
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Material Type:
Reference Material
Date Added to MERLOT:
March 11, 2023
Date Modified in MERLOT:
March 11, 2023
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Mikaela Wiley
Historically Black Colleges and Universities
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Grade School, Middle School, High School, College General Ed, College Lower Division, College Upper Division, Graduate School
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English
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