Jessica McDonald Speaks on Bus Segregation
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A young Black girl, Claudette Colvin, sits on a 1950s Montgomery bus wearing glasses and a sweater, speaking with firm resolve. A speech balloon reads, “It’s my constitutional right.” An empty seat beside her has a handwritten sign that says “Reserved for Rosa Parks.” A white woman stands in the aisle next to the seat with arms crossed, looking at Colvin with a tense, entitled expression. Behind Colvin, two faint figures—Harriet Tubman and Sojourner Truth—rest their hands on her shoulders, appearing as subtle, ghostlike presences. White passengers sit toward the front of the bus, while Black passengers are seated and standing toward the back. Beneath the image is a small caption: “Claudette Colvin (1939–2026).”
On March 2, 1955, 15-year-old Claudette Colvin was arrested for refusing to give up her seat on a segregated bus in Montgomery.
Nine months later, Rosa Parks did the same.
Claudette deserves more than a footnote.
#ClaudetteColvin #CivilRights #BlackHistory #WomensHistoryMonth #DrawnAndQuartered
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Today in Women's History
- Fay Wray gets kidnapped by a colossal ape
- Claudette Colvin refused ro give up her bus seat
#HalloweenCountdown #WomensHistoryMonth #KingKong #FayWray #ClaudetteColvin
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March 2, 1955 - Nine months before Rosa Parks made headlines, teenager Claudette Colvin was arrested in Montgomery, Alabama, for refusing to give up her bus seat to a white person. She was active in the Youth Council of the local NAACP (National Association for the Advancement of Colored People).
3/2/1955-Nine months before Rosa Parks made headlines, teenager Claudette Colvin was arrested in Montgomery, Alabama, for refusing to give up her bus seat to a white person. She was active in the Youth Council of the local NAACP.
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15-year-old #ClaudetteColvin refused to give up her seat on a Montgomery, AL, bus on #ThisDayInHistory in 1955, nine months before #RosaParks did it. The judge dropped two of the charges, busting her only for 'assault' during her arrest so an appeal could not affect #segregation.
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RE: https://stefanbohacek.online/@stefan/115644627307425775
"On March 2, 1955, she was returning home from school when she boarded a Highland Gardens bus and sat down near an emergency exit in a middle row."
71 years ago.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Claudette_Colvin
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#ClaudetteColvin and @RevJJackson The LAST surviving leaders of the #CivilRightsMovement BOTH gone in just one months time! It is now our solemn duty to fight for the cause of Justice and #EqualityForAll people and pass this torch forward, to future generations. #RestinPower ✊️
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🌍✨ Honoring Cora Weiss, Rev. Jesse Jackson, and Claudette Colvin's legacies this International Day of Social Justice. 💪❤️ #SocialJustice #LegacyOfChange #YWCA #CoraWeiss #RevJesseJackson #ClaudetteColvin #Empowerment #TogetherWeCan
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Nine months before Rosa Parks, 15-year-old Claudette Colvin refused to give up her bus seat in Alabama.
Leaders sidelined the brave teen, but her federal lawsuit ended bus segregation!
#TheLolgic #AmericanHistory #ClaudetteColvin #CivilRightsMovement #montgomery
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#BlackHistoryMonth
#100thAnniversary
Day 13.
#ClaudetteColvin had prominence in civil rights history that should be more known.
Her refusal to give up her seat on the bus happened 9 months before #RosaParks.
www.claudettecolvinfoundation.com/about
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She was 1 of 4 plaintiffs in Browder v. Gayle, which challenged bus segregation in Montgomery.
#BlackHistoryMonth
#100thAnniversary
Day 13.
#ClaudetteColvin was a pioneer to the #civilrightsmovement. She was arrested in Montgomery, AL for not giving up her seat.
The court ruled that state & local laws enforcing bus segregation in AL were unconstitutional.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Claudet...
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Claudette Colvin on the left. Rosa Parks on the right.
#BlackHistoryMonth
#100thAnniversary
Day 13.
Nine months before #RosaParks, there was #ClaudetteColvin. At the age of 15, Claudette refused to give up her seat to a white person, and move to the back of the bus.
www.npr.org/2009/03/15/1...
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'The quiet erasure of America’s civil rights memory'
🖋 Marc Morial for the St. Louis American
📸 Photo courtesy of Alamy
#stlamerican #stlnews #stlouis #CivilRights #ClaudetteColvin #BlackHistory #ProtectOurHistory
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Remembering #RosaParks on what would have been her 113th, Birthday. As well as #ClaudetteColvin who defied #Alabama's #JimCrow laws 9 months before she did, and passed away last month. We thank them BOTH for making this world a better place. May their memories be a blessing! 🙏
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LDF Celebrates the Life and Legacy of Claudette Colvin, Trailblazing Civil Rights Pioneer
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#Activism #Activists #Politics #USPolitics #LDF #NAACP #CivilRights #ClaudetteColvin
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When you don't know your own history, anyone can deceive you.
"Knowledge makes a man unfit to be a slave." - Frederick Douglass 👑
Leaders are Readers 📚
#BlackHistory365 #Alkebulan 🌍 #Truth #WhiteWashingHistory #ClaudetteColvin 👑
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Claudette Colvin, Who Refused to Give Her Bus Seat to a White Woman #obitpix #claudettecolvin #civilrights #brushdrawing #illustration
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Claudette Colvin, US civil rights pioneer arrested for not giving up bus seat, dies aged 86 | US news #ClaudetteColvin
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/jan/13/clau...
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#ClaudetteColvin, US civil rights pioneer arrested for not giving up bus seat, dies aged 86
😥😥
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
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Ours is not the only generation to call out courage take-note.ca/2026/01/17/i... #civilrights #claudettecolvin #socialjustice #resistance
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Remember her story and all the stories. #ClaudetteColvin #femisphere
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Excellent obituary on #R4LastWord yesterday, including an interview with @matthewbannister.bsky.social
#ClaudetteColvin
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A lovely listen.The teenager who came before RosaParks Sadly #ClaudetteColvin died this week. #BusBoycott #USApartheid www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...
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On March 2nd, 1955, #ClaudetteColvin refused to give up her seat on a public bus, in Montgomery, Alabama, paving the way for #RosaParks to do the same almost 10 months TO THE DAY later. Few people can say that they made the world a better place for them being in it. She DID! 🙏 #RestinPower ✊️
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