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-Claudette Colvin. (2018, January 19). Retrieved from https://www.biography.com/people/claudette-colvin-11378
-Kettler, S. (2015, January 29). Black History Unsung Heroes: Claudette Colvin. Retrieved from https://www.biography.com/news/black-history-unsung-heroes-claudette-colvin

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Claudette was happy that Rosa Parks was the spokesperson for the Bus Boycott because she wanted the best outcome, but later she was involved with a court case and felt abandoned and not very recognized . But in 2013, she was honored by the New Jersey Transit Authority for her part in the movement.

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Although Claudette wasn't used as the spokesperson for the NAACP and didn't change any rulings with her stunt on the bus, she gave everyone the courage to stand up for what they believe in so the laws eventually got changed.  She influenced so many people, one of which, was Rosa Parks.

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The rulings of the court case gave Claudette a bad reputation which caused her to drop out of college and made it hard to find jobs.

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Claudette served as a plaintiff for this court case on segregation on Montgomery bus systems. Serving on this case, helped them achieve the end of segregation.

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Claudette was put on trial for her "crimes," which she pled not guilty to, trying to defy segregation laws. Claudette was put on probation .

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The NAACP considered using Parks to challenge segregation laws, but changed their minds because she wasn't a  right fit. At the time she was pregnant and that wouldn't look right to the public so 9 months later they chose Ms. Rosa Parks to represent them

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Claudette was arrested on several charges, one which was violating the city's segregation laws. She sat in jail for several hours until her pastor finally bailed her out. She described feeling afraid because she didn't know what the white people were going to do to her. Her family then stayed up all night, not knowing if there would be any retaliations towards them.

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Claudette responded to this by telling the bus driver, "It's my constitutional right to sit here as much as that lady. I paid my fare, it's my constitutional right." She said in an interview later that she felt glued to her seat and felt as though Sojourner Truth and Harriet Tubman were holding her down.

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On this day, Claudette was riding home from school on one of Montgomery's buses when the bus driver told her to move to give up her seat for a white passenger

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Claudette was 15 years old living in Montgomery, Alabama in 1955. She was in school, worked hard earning mostly A's and aspired to be president one day.