Claudette Colvin at Booker T Washington Magnet High School in Montgomery, Ala on Thursday February 3, 2005 Colvin was attending the school in 1955 when she was arrested for not giving up her seat ...

I Want Freedom Now!' about Colvin's refusal to give up her seat on a Montgomery bus in 1955, nine months before Rosa Parks.

If you don’t remember the name Claudette Colvin, that may be because you never heard it. That her story (and those of countless others) is not more well-known serves as a sobering reminder that ...

Many braved the cold to participate in Victorville's 17th Annual Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Commemorative Peace March & Ceremony.

One student, Claudette Colvin, was enrolled in history classes at her high school, which later inspired her to make a life-altering decision, said Carr. On March 2, 1955, Colvin was just 15 years ...

But Parks wasn’t the first to do so. On March 2, 1955, a 15-year-old Claudette Colvin was riding home from school when the city bus driver told her to give up her seat to a white passenger.

The work of people like Claudette Colvin, Rosa Parks, Dr Martin Luther King Jr and Malcolm X led to the passing of civil rights acts and Supreme Court rulings to end segregation. These judgments ...

The Parkland Teens Are Part Of A Long Line Of Kids Who Led Social Change The brave group of Florida high school students leading the fight for gun control are carrying on a long legacy of kids ...

In 1944, a group of eight Howard University students took a stand against the status quo in segregated Virginia. Now, a commemorative site honors their efforts to fight back against Jim Crow laws.