Before there was Rosa Parks, there was Claudette Colvin

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    At the age of 15, Claudette Colvin refused to give up her seat to a white passenger on a segregated bus in Montgomery, Alabama. Her protest helped overturn segregation laws on buses.At the age of 15, Claudette Colvin refused to give up her seat to a white passenger on a segregated bus in Montgomery, Alabama. Her protest helped overturn segregation laws on buses.