Claudette Colvin
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Claudette Colvin is an American civil rights pioneer who, as a teenager in Montgomery, Alabama, refused to give up her bus seat to a white passenger months before Rosa Parks and later served as a key plaintiff in the landmark case that ended bus segregation.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Claudette Colvin canonical | 4 |
How this entity was disambiguated
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NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Claudette Colvin Context triple: [Browder v. Gayle, plaintiff, Claudette Colvin]
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A.
Rosa Parks
Rosa Parks was an African American civil rights activist whose refusal to give up her bus seat to a white passenger in Montgomery, Alabama, became a pivotal symbol of the struggle against racial segregation.
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B.
Elizabeth Eckford
Elizabeth Eckford is one of the Little Rock Nine, the African American students who bravely integrated Little Rock Central High School in 1957, becoming a symbol of the civil rights movement.
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C.
Annie Lee Cooper
Annie Lee Cooper was a prominent African American civil rights activist known for her courageous efforts to secure voting rights for Black citizens in Selma, Alabama.
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D.
Amelia Boynton Robinson
Amelia Boynton Robinson was a pioneering African American civil rights activist whose leadership in Selma, Alabama, helped spark the Voting Rights Movement and contributed to the passage of the Voting Rights Act of 1965.
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E.
Jo Ann Robinson
Jo Ann Robinson was a civil rights activist and educator who played a pivotal organizing role in initiating and sustaining the Montgomery bus boycott.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Claudette Colvin Target entity description: Claudette Colvin is an American civil rights pioneer who, as a teenager in Montgomery, Alabama, refused to give up her bus seat to a white passenger months before Rosa Parks and later served as a key plaintiff in the landmark case that ended bus segregation.
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A.
Rosa Parks
Rosa Parks was an African American civil rights activist whose refusal to give up her bus seat to a white passenger in Montgomery, Alabama, became a pivotal symbol of the struggle against racial segregation.
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B.
Elizabeth Eckford
Elizabeth Eckford is one of the Little Rock Nine, the African American students who bravely integrated Little Rock Central High School in 1957, becoming a symbol of the civil rights movement.
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C.
Annie Lee Cooper
Annie Lee Cooper was a prominent African American civil rights activist known for her courageous efforts to secure voting rights for Black citizens in Selma, Alabama.
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D.
Amelia Boynton Robinson
Amelia Boynton Robinson was a pioneering African American civil rights activist whose leadership in Selma, Alabama, helped spark the Voting Rights Movement and contributed to the passage of the Voting Rights Act of 1965.
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E.
Jo Ann Robinson
Jo Ann Robinson was a civil rights activist and educator who played a pivotal organizing role in initiating and sustaining the Montgomery bus boycott.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
civil rights activist
ⓘ
human ⓘ |
| adoptiveFather | Q. P. Colvin ⓘ |
| causeAdvocated |
desegregation of public buses
ⓘ
racial equality ⓘ |
| contemporaryOf |
Martin Luther King Jr.
ⓘ
Rosa Parks ⓘ |
| countryOfBirth | United States of America ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | United States of America ⓘ |
| dateOf | 1955-03-02 bus arrest ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | 1939-09-05 ⓘ |
| educatedAt | Booker T. Washington High School (Montgomery, Alabama) ⓘ |
| ethnicGroup |
Black Americans
ⓘ
surface form:
African American
|
| familyName | Colvin ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork | civil rights ⓘ |
| givenName | Claudette ⓘ |
| hasAward |
Congressional recognition for civil rights contributions
ⓘ
National Freedom Award ⓘ
surface form:
National Civil Rights Museum Freedom Award
|
| hasBiography | Claudette Colvin: Twice Toward Justice ⓘ |
| inspired | later civil rights bus boycotts ⓘ |
| knownForQuote | “I felt like Sojourner Truth was pushing down on one shoulder and Harriet Tubman on the other.” ⓘ |
| languageSpoken | English ⓘ |
| legalCase | Browder v. Gayle ⓘ |
| legalCaseOutcome | U.S. Supreme Court affirmed ruling that bus segregation in Montgomery was unconstitutional ⓘ |
| legalStatusDuringEvent | minor at time of 1955 bus arrest ⓘ |
| livedIn |
The Bronx
ⓘ
surface form:
the Bronx, New York City
|
| mother | Mary Anne Colvin ⓘ |
| movement | American civil rights movement ⓘ |
| name | Claudette Colvin self-link ⓘ |
| notableFor |
being a plaintiff in the case Browder v. Gayle
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refusing to give up her bus seat to a white passenger in Montgomery, Alabama ⓘ |
| notableWork | testimony in Browder v. Gayle ⓘ |
| occupation |
civil rights activist
ⓘ
nurse’s aide ⓘ |
| participantIn |
Browder v. Gayle
ⓘ
Montgomery bus boycott ⓘ
surface form:
Montgomery bus segregation protests
|
| placeOfBirth | Montgomery, Alabama ⓘ |
| religion | Protestant Christianity ⓘ |
| residence |
Montgomery, Alabama
ⓘ
New York City ⓘ |
| role | plaintiff in Browder v. Gayle ⓘ |
| sexOrGender | female ⓘ |
| significantEvent | bus segregation protest in Montgomery on 1955-03-02 ⓘ |
| subjectOf |
Claudette Colvin: Twice Toward Justice
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numerous civil rights documentaries ⓘ |
| timePeriod |
20th century
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21st century ⓘ |
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Subject: Claudette Colvin Description of subject: Claudette Colvin is an American civil rights pioneer who, as a teenager in Montgomery, Alabama, refused to give up her bus seat to a white passenger months before Rosa Parks and later served as a key plaintiff in the landmark case that ended bus segregation.
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