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	Categories: 1940 births Claudette Colvin Claudette Colvin (born 1940) is a black woman from Alabama. On March 2, 1955, she refused to give up her seat on a Montgomery bus to a white person, in violation of local law. Her arrest preceded civil rights activist Rosa Parks' (on December 1, 1955) by nine months. On May 11, 1956, Colvin testified in a Montgomery federal court hearing about her actions on the bus (Browder v. Gayle )... See also Montgomery Bus Boycott Mary Louise Smith External links She Had A Dream Daybreak of Freedom: The Montgomery Bus Boycott (Preface) Daybreak of Freedom: The Montgomery Bus Boycott (Excerpt) BROWDER v. GAYLE: The Women Before Rosa Parks Categories: 1940 births

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