Claudette Colvin was arrested at 15 for refusing to give up her seat on a segregated city bus in Montgomery, Alabama, nine months before Rosa Parks.
Author: Brad Harper, Montgomery Advertiser
Equal Justice Initiative unveils expansion plans for Alabama-based slavery, racism education sites
The EJI’s expansion will also detail the role played by northern U.S. cities such as New York, Philadelphia and Boston in subsidizing the slave trade.
She was 13 when a beaten John Lewis arrived at her Alabama family’s home, seeking refuge
Valda Harris Montgomery’s parents opened their door to Lewis and the other Freedom Riders in 1961. She said watching Alabama honor him was “surreal.”
Alabama’s governor defends near-total abortion ban bill, but doesn’t commit to signing
‘All human life is precious,’ Ivey says, as bill awaits her signature