Claudette Colvin
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| Gender | Female |
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| Age | 85 |
| Date of birth | September 5,1939 |
| Zodiac sign | Virgo |
| Born | Birmingham |
| Alabama | |
| United States | |
| Residence | The Bronx |
| New York City | |
| New York | |
| United States | |
| Children | Raymond Colvin |
| Randy Colvin | |
| Parents | Mary Anne Colvin |
| C. P. Colvin | |
| C.P. Austin | |
| Mary Jane Gadson | |
| Q.P. Colvin | |
| Awards | John Newbery Medal |
| National Book Award for Young People's Literature | |
| Era | Civil rights movement |
| Siblings | Velma Colvin |
| Education | Booker T. Washington High School |
| Booker T Washington School | |
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| ID | 424813 |
Claudette Colvin Life story
Claudette Colvin is an American pioneer of the 1950s civil rights movement and retired nurse aide. 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.
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