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Primary Sources: People - Civil Rights in America: Colvin, Claudette

Online Sources: Claudette Colvin

"To the Montgomery Public" ( The Martin Luther King, Jr. Research and Education Institute)
Browder v. Gayle, 142 F. Supp. 707 (M.D. Ala. 1956)
Browder v. Gayle, 352 U.S. 903 (1956)
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Claudette Colvin: The 15-year-old who came before Rosa Parks
Claudette Colvin: Twice Toward Justice
Fingerprint Card of Claudette Colvin (DocsTeach)
Interview Of Martin Luther King, Jr. by Donald T. Ferron
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"Interviewed at his home on a Saturday afternoon, King recounts the bus boycott's history following the arrests of Claudette Colvin and Rosa Parks, explains the MIA's negotiations with city and bus officials, and reflects on the potential for nonviolent racial reform in Mississippi."
The Other Rosa Parks: Now 73, Claudette Colvin Was First to Refuse Giving Up Seat on Montgomery Bus
Radio Diaries Claudette Colvin: "History Had Me Glued To The Seat"
Claudette Colvin: The Original Rosa Parks (video Interview with Colvin)
Arrest Report of Claudette Colvin

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