This is Claudette Colvin at age 13. Just two years after this picture was taken, she was arrested. She lived in Montgomery, Alabama. She took the bus home after school. It was March 2, 1955. African Americans were not allowed to sit in the same section as white people on the bus. The section for white passengers was full, but a white woman was still standing. The bus driver told Colvin to move. February had been Black History Month. She learned lessons about Sojourner Truth and Harriet Tubman. She thought of them and refused to move. Police officers dragged her off the bus, handcuffed her, and took her to jail. She was only 15 years old.
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