Crowley Honors Civil Rights Pioneer

Crowley Honors Civil Rights Pioneer
Photo courtesy of Congressman Joseph Crowley’s Office

On Sunday, May 20, Congressman Joseph Crowley honored civil rights pioneer, Claudette Colvin, for her lifetime of public service. Some of her most notable actions include refusing to give up her seat on a segregated bus in Montgomery, AL months before Rosa Parks’ arrest in 1955 and testifying in the Browder v. Gayle Supreme Court case that determined segregated buses in Alabama was unconstitutional.

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