Claudette Colvin

 Claudette Colvin

Claudette Colvin played a big part in history concerning Civil Rights.

Claudette Colvin was 15 AND pregnant when she was arrested for not giving up her seat to a white man. She came before Rosa Parks but they thought a young pregnant girl wasn’t a good representative for the black people. So she is not as well known.

Claudette Colvin was born on September, 5, 1939. She was motivated by what she was taught in school, she learned that black people were once slaves and that made her angry. So she decided to not let anyone have her seat on the bus, to try to get things to change for the better for black people.

After all that trouble, Rosa Parks got most of the credit so that is why Claudette Colvin is an unsung hero. Now you know about Claudette Colvin