Few people know the story of Claudette Colvin: When she was 15, she refused to move to the back of the bus and give up her seat to a white person — nine months before Rosa Parks did the very same ...

*Kanye West has many fans wondering: Who is Claudette Colvin? — after his recent Q&A session on the Clubhouse social audio app. West (now officially known as Ye) has been banned from the platform ...

It’s arguably a sin of history, let alone Black History Month, that many people are unfamiliar with Claudette Colvin. She was Rosa Parks before Rosa Parks was Rosa Parks. Unfortunately, Colvin is just ...

Milwaukee County Transit System buses will keep a seat open for two civil rights leaders, Rosa Parks and Claudette Colvin, beginning Friday. This is now the eighth consecutive year that MCTS has ...

Claudette Colvin (b. 1939) was a pioneer of the African American Civil Rights Movement. On March 2, 1955, she was arrested for refusing to give up her seat on a bus in segregated Montgomery, Alabama, ...

MILWAUKEE - The Milwaukee County Transit System is honoring Rosa Parks for an eighth consecutive year, keeping a seat open on every bus, from Friday, Dec. 1 through Sunday. This year, in addition to ...

MONTH. HAPPENING TODAY, YOU CAN RIDE RTA, RTA BUSSES FOR FREE. IT’S ALL TO HONOR A CIVIL RIGHTS ICON. YEAH, THIS IS IN HONOR OF CLAUDETTE COLVIN, WHO IS TURNING 84 YEARS YOUNG TODAY AS A 15 YEAR OLD ...

NEW ORLEANS — The New Orleans Regional Transit Authority (RTA) is honoring a civil rights movement pioneer by waiving transit fares for Claudette Colvin Day, on Thursday, Sept. 5. Riders can ride at ...

MILWAUKEE, Wis. (CBS 58) -- All 318 Milwaukee County buses will reserve a seat this Friday and throughout the first weekend of December with a red rose and a special sign honoring Rosa Parks and her ...

Before Rosa Parks became known as the mother of the modern Civil Rights Movement for refusing to give up her seat on a segregated bus to a white man, a young Claudette Colvin set the precedent. Colvin ...