Unsung Heroes Among Us

Unsung Heroes Among Us


Episode 36 The Courage of Claudette Colvin: The Teenager Who Sparked Change

August 25, 2025

Nine months before Rosa Parks became a household name for refusing to give up her bus seat, a 15-year-old girl named Claudette Colvin made the same brave choice on a Montgomery city bus. Her act of defiance on March 2, 1955, would help ignite one of the most significant legal challenges to segregation in American history, yet her story remains largely untold.