The juvenile record of Claudette Colvin was expunged 66 years after her arrest for refusing to give her seat to a white person on an Alabama bus, PEOPLE confirms. The civil rights pioneer ...

Often overshadowed by the more widely-known story of Rosa Parks, Claudette Colvin's bravery on March 2, 1955, was a powerful testament to the spirit of resistance and the pursuit of justice.

Claudette Colvin and three other black students were told on March 2nd, 1955 in downtown Montgomery to give up their seats, but Colvin refused. Then, Colvin was arrested and put on indefinite ...

Victorville leaders to host Annual Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Peace March & Ceremony and Civil Rights Memorial Plaque unveiling near city hall.

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 ...

Two were key to America’s story of desegregation: Ruby Bridges, who broke the color barrier in the public schools of New ...

Truth: Rosa Park wasn’t the first Black woman to protest segregated buses In March 1955, Claudette Colvin was a 15-year old Black teen who was arrested for refusing to give up her seat to a ...