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flag In 1955, 15-year-old Claudette Colvin was arrested for refusing to give up her bus seat to a white passenger, a key early act in the civil rights movement.

flag On March 2, 1955, 15-year-old Claudette Colvin, a Black high school student in Montgomery, Alabama, was arrested for refusing to give up her seat to a white passenger on a segregated bus, nine months before Rosa Parks' similar act. flag Her arrest was a pivotal moment in the civil rights movement, though her contribution was initially overshadowed. flag She was convicted of assaulting a police officer, placed on probation, and never formally notified when it ended. flag Her stand helped inspire the Montgomery Bus Boycott.

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