How Well Do You Know Claudette Colvin?

When and why was Claudette Colvin arrested?

• Claudette Colvin was arrested on May 5, 1956, because she refused to give up her seat.

• Claudette Colvin was arrested on March 2, 1955 because she refused to give up her seat.

• Claudette Colvin was arrested on May 2, 1955 because she was part of a sit-in

• Claudette Colvin was arrested on April 8, 1954 because she was driving while wearing a bathrobe.

What were two main reasons Colvin is not as well known as other figures?

• Claudette liked mint ice cream instead of vanilla and she was not “pretty enough”

• Claudette did not live in North Carolina and she supported the Yankee’s instead of the Giants.

• Claudette was pregnant at 15 and she did not fit an image that the civil rights leaders wanted

What was the impact and importance of Claudette Colvin’s refusal to give up her seat?

• Claudette would be the first to refuse to giveaway her seat and this brought the civil rights movement to Montgomery.

• Claudette Colvin would be the second person to refuse to give up her seat, and this would bring the civil rights movement to Tennessee..

• Claudette would help Rosa Parks with the civil rights movement and this would help Parks fame.

What was Claudette’s involvement in Browder vs. Gayle?

• Colvin was one of the judges in the case of Browder vs. Gayle

• Colvin was a friend of Browder, the person from the case of Browder vs. Gayle

• Colvin was one of the five plaintiffs in the case of Browder vs. Gayle

What is a general overview of Claudette’s life after activism?

• After activism, Colvin and her son Raymond lived with her sister Velma. Claudette then began a job as a nurse aide. She worked there for 35 years until retirement.

• After activism, Colvin and her son Raymond’s lived in a apartment until she got a job as a nurse aide. She worked there for 30 years until 2004.