Claudette Colvin Research Paper

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How would you react to a 15 year old girl who made a huge difference in the world? Claudette Colvin wanted her and other African Americans to be treated the same as white people. Claudette was riding the bus, but instead of stinging in the back where the blacks were supposed to go, she sat in the front where the whites sat. A few stops after Claudette got on the bus, a white woman got on. When she saw Claudette in a white assigned seat, she freaked out and told the bus driver to make her move, but she refused to get up. The reason Claudette Colvin didn't move is because she was trying to make a statement. She knew that if she just did something small, not many people would notice her, that's why she decided to make a bigger Sean. Claudette Colvin was an African American teen girl who started a movement of equal rights for all, no matter what skin color or gender you were. Claudette Colvin was born in Birmingham …show more content…

The author provided the following quote, showing this scenario. “Then my mom came straight across the room, raised her hand, and gave me a backhand slap across my face. I burst into tears. She said ‘Don’t you know you’re not supposed to touch them?’ The white boy's mother nodded at my mom and said ‘that’s right Mary,’”(Hoose 1). The quote that has been provided straight from the book Claudette Colvin, is showing an example of the first time Claudette learned about segregation.Claudette Colvin learned a valuable lesson that day about how her and her people will never be equal or free like the whites. Later that day, Claudette Colvin thought long and hard to herself that she could never go out into the world safely, freely, and without having to constantly look over her shoulder. If she were to touch that boy without her mom around, who knows what the boy's mother would have

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