Too Young to Matter, Old Enough to Change History
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 1 Timothy 4:12.
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 for a white passenger, Colvin did something that would be remembered — and then nearly forgotten. She refused to move. Two police officers dragged the teenager off the bus and arrested her.…
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