On June 13, 1956, the judges determined that the state and local laws requiring bus segregation in Alabama were unconstitutional. In a United States district court, she testified before the three-judge panel that heard the case. Gayle, to challenge bus segregation in the city. Ĭolvin was one of four plaintiffs in the first federal court case filed by civil rights attorney Fred Gray on February 1, 1956, as Browder v. This occurred nine months before the more widely known incident in which Rosa Parks, secretary of the local chapter of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People ( NAACP), helped spark the 1955 Montgomery bus boycott. On March 2, 1955, she was arrested at the age of 15 in Montgomery, Alabama, for refusing to give up her seat to a white woman on a crowded, segregated bus.
We envision a future of wise leaders that can think strategically and articulate sound reasoning to influence a world authentically and with integrity.Arrested at the age of 15 in Montgomery, Alabama, for refusing to give up her seat to a white woman on a segregated bus, nine months before the similar Rosa Parks incident.Ĭlaudette Colvin (born Claudette Austin September 5, 1939) is an American pioneer of the 1950s civil rights movement and retired nurse aide. Make Way for Books is a division of Clerestory Learning/Make Way for Books, LLC. Make Way for Books is also a publisher and ordering source of training materials for three educational programs: contain age-appropriate content and language.communicate praiseworthy themes or ideas.Make Way for Books recommends children's books that: We embrace the challenge of discovering the best in children's literature and through sales, hope to encourage publishers, distributors, and authors to pursue, stock, and write irresistibly rich reads for kids.
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