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.
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| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
civil rights activist
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human ⓘ |
| adoptiveFather | Q. P. Colvin ⓘ |
| causeAdvocated |
desegregation of public buses
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racial equality ⓘ |
| contemporaryOf |
Martin Luther King Jr.
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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
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surface form:
African American
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| familyName | Colvin ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork | civil rights ⓘ |
| givenName | Claudette ⓘ |
| hasAward |
Congressional recognition for civil rights contributions
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National Freedom Award ⓘ
surface form:
National Civil Rights Museum Freedom Award
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| 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, New York City NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| 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
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nurse’s aide ⓘ |
| participantIn |
Browder v. Gayle
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Montgomery bus boycott ⓘ
surface form:
Montgomery bus segregation protests
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| placeOfBirth | Montgomery, Alabama ⓘ |
| religion | Protestant Christianity ⓘ |
| residence |
Montgomery, Alabama
NERFINISHED
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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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