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struggle4progress

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4. Before there was Claudette Colvin, there was Pauli Murray

Reply to pnwmom (Original post)

Fri Feb 23, 2018, 01:49 AM

Feb 2018

She was arrested for the same refusal in Virginia in 1940

https://paulimurrayproject.org/pauli-murray/timeline/
https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2017/04/17/the-many-lives-of-pauli-murray

The NAACP was interested in the case but VA ultimately only charged her with "disorderly conduct"

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Do you know who Claudette Colvin was? A 15 year old hero in the civil rights movement. [View all] pnwmom Feb 2018 OP

I honestly had not heard her story until last Friday, I think Docreed2003 Feb 2018 #1

This article mentions a book: pnwmom Feb 2018 #2

I think thats it Docreed2003 Feb 2018 #3

Before there was Claudette Colvin, there was Pauli Murray struggle4progress Feb 2018 #4

Wow! Thanks for the info! That was in 1940 when Pauli was 30. pnwmom Feb 2018 #5

I heard her story from "Drunk History" OhioBlue Feb 2018 #6

I was wondering if Rosa knew about her. Thanks for passing that along! pnwmom Feb 2018 #7

I'd guess she did, she worked for the NAACP and the NAACP considered Claudette as a plaintiff Hamlette Feb 2018 #8

1955, Montgomery, Alabama and the subject of my daughter's 8th grade "Black History Month" paper. raven mad Feb 2018 #9

one of the few drunk history shows i watched on comedy central was about her. pansypoo53219 Feb 2018 #10

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