Do you know who Claudette Colvin was? A 15 year old hero in the civil rights movement.

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1. I honestly had not heard her story until last Friday, I think

Mark Thompson highlighted Colvin’s story on his am show on SiriusXM Progress and it was truly captivating. He was interviewing the author of a recent book about Claudette. It was a fascinating interview because Claudette’s actions in many ways shook up the Montgomery Civil Rights Movement. Her actions were spontaneous and unplanned and the local NAACP was not prepared for a response. Yet, her actions would pave the way for Rosa Parks, who, as you said, was an adult and extremely involved in the Montgomery NAACP.

I’ll see if I can find the title of the biography for you.