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March 2, 1955

Claudette Colvin Refuses to Give Up Bus Seat

Fifteen-year-old Claudette Colvin refused to give up her seat on a Montgomery bus nine months before Rosa Parks.

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September 5, 1939

Claudette Colvin Born

Claudette Colvin, who refused to give up her bus seat nine months before Rosa Parks, was born in Montgomery, Alabama.

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