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2 March 1955 #ClaudetteColvin arrested for #resisting #bussegregation in #MontgomeryAlabama (at Abyssinian Baptist Church) https://www.instagram.com/y2shae/p/Bug6J_InEKn/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=3mprtq0hlmwi
Credit to from @webuyblack - On March 2, 1955 fifteen-year-old #ClaudetteColvin became one of the first Black women to refuse to give up her seat on the bus in Montgomery, Alabama. This was before #RosaParks refused to give up her seat. Claudette was arrested and thrown in jail. Claudette was one of the four women to challenge #BusSegregation in court. Her story was used in Browser Vs. Gayle which was the landmark supreme court case that overturned bus segregation in the south. It later came out that Rosa Parks was chosen by the #NAACP and other Black organizations to be the face for the bus movement because Claudette was pregnant at the time, and that is why Rosa is credited as the iconic figure but the truth is Claudette Colvin and other women came first. #WeBuyBlackFacts - #regrann
2March1955 #ClaudetteColvin was arrested for resisting #BusSegregation in #MontgomeryAlabama (at Abyssinian Baptist Church)
The Original #RosaParks: This is a picture of #ClaudetteColvin. A pioneer in the #CivilRightsMovement, she was arrested on Mar. 22nd, 1955 for not giving up her bus seat 9 Months prior to Rosa Parks. Colvin was among 5 plaintiffs included in the federal court case Browser v. Gayle. Through her testimony, the District Court determined that State & Local laws requiring #BusSegregation were unconstitutional which sent the case to the Supreme Court. The #SupremeCourt upheld their ruling on Dec 17th, 1956, 3 days later after receiving testimony from Colvin, the Supreme Court issued a order to #Montgomery and the state of #Alabama to end Bus Segregation. For many years Montgomery's Black leaders did not publicize Ms. Colvin's story because at the time she was a teenage who was pregnant by a married man and leaders in The #NAACP were worried about using her to symbolize their boycott.. #BlackHistoryMonth #BHM #BlackExcellence #BlackGirlsRock #BlackGirlMagic #NowYourHistory #Roots #BlackHistory #BusBoycott
