Bernews7 天
Community Members Honour Claudette Colvin
A community gathering was held yesterday [March 3] to mark the stand taken by Claudette Colvin in Alabama in 1955. A ...
Portland Press Herald4 天
In a powerful new book, a hero of the Civil Rights era tells her story to children
To get one, go to the subscriptions page. It took Portland author Phillip Hoose several years to track down Claudette Colvin and persuade her to let him tell her story. She had fled her hometown ...
South Florida Times11 天
Remembering Claudette Colvin: Unsung teenaged Firestarter of the Civil Rights Movement
Claudette Colvin in 1954 PHOTO COURTESY OF DGT “I knew then and I know now that, when it comes to justice, there is no easy ...
Kiii3 News12 天
Montgomery Bus Boycott activist Claudette Colvin remembers her stand against injustice
CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas — Often overshadowed by the more widely-known story of Rosa Parks, Claudette ... to a white person," Colvin said. The reason why she didn't give her seat up, she said ...
Bernews12 天
70th Anniversary Of Colvin’s “Heroic Stand”
The public is invited to the Cathedral on Monday, March 3 at 12.30pm to honour the 70th anniversary of 15-year-old Claudette ...