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Before Rosa Parks: Claudette Colvin BBC NEWS Full article
Claudette Colvin : the 15-year-old who came before Rosa Parks
In March 1955, nine months before Rosa Parks defied segregation laws by refusing to give up her seat to a white passenger on a bus, 15-year-old Claudette Colvin did exactly the same thing. Eclipsed by Parks, her act of defiance was largely ignored for many years. She herself didn't talk about it much, but she spoke recently to the BBC.
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- Claudette Colvin spoke to Outlook on the BBC World Service
- You can listen again here