Today I learned on Nostr: TIL Claudette Colvin (1939-) also refused to give up her seat on the bus to a white ...

TIL Claudette Colvin (1939-) also refused to give up her seat on the bus to a white passenger. Doing so 9 months prior to Rosa Parks as just a 15 year old girl, before going on to testify as a plaintiff in the case that ended local bus segregation.

https://www.socialsocietys.com/p/black-history-deserves-to-be-celebrated
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