A community gathering was held yesterday [March 3] to mark the stand taken by Claudette Colvin in Alabama in 1955. A ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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WJBF – Did you know that Claudette Colvin was arrested for not giving up her bus seat nine months prior to Rosa Parks? Claudette Colvin and three other black students were told on March 2nd ...

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 ...

Elvira Wyatt was inspired to take a family tradition and make a quilt marking the history of the Underground Railroad.

Years ago, though, her family was less than pleased with it. When her mother, Tina Knowles, named her, the extended family expressed their displeasure. Beyoncé’s family did not like her name ...