The Courage That Didn't Wait for Permission
On March 2, 1955, fifteen-year-old Claudette Colvin boarded a Montgomery, Alabama city bus after classes at Booker T. Washington High School. When the driver ordered...
This is a contemporary on courage and youth, drawing on Psalm 27:1.
On March 2, 1955, fifteen-year-old Claudette Colvin boarded a Montgomery, Alabama city bus after classes at Booker T. Washington High School. When the driver ordered her to give up her seat to a white passenger, Colvin refused. Two police officers dragged her off the bus in handcuffs. She later said she felt as though Harriet Tubman and Sojourner Truth were pushing her back down into her seat, refusing to let her stand.…
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