I'm dedicating this book to my little sister Tyra, who I love so much.

                                         -EJ

I'm dedicating this book to my sister Wilyasia, who I adore very much.

                                           -Rw

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First printing, 2022

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Everyone knows about Rosa Parks, but first, there was Claudette Colvin.

Claudette Colvin was a 15-year-old African American girl from Montgomery, Alabama. She went to Booker T. Washington High School. She was motivated by what she had been learning in school about African American history and the U.S. Constitution.

 On March 2, 1955, Claudette was on her way home from school. after school she would take the city bus since her family didn't own a car. That day, Claudette and her friends sat in the white section of the bus.

A white woman came on the large bus and noticed the white section of the bus was filled, leaving the woman standing. 

The bus driver aggressively called out to Claudette and her friends, telling them to move to a different row so the white woman could sit. Because of the segregation law white people and black people couldn't sit together.

All of Claudette's friends moved, but Claudette refused. she just kept looking out the window. “This is against my constitutional right.” Claudette responds to the bus driver. 

The bus driver yelled at Claudette again, and again Claudette refused. The bus driver called the police. A Police officer arrived and entered the bus.

After the officer entered the bus the people on the bus became shocked. “ Which one is it?” the officer said. No black person has ever refused to get off the bus. The bus driver pointed at Claudette. 

“I have the right to sit here!” Claudette repeated. The officer asked Claudette to get off the bus, but she refused again. The officer then dragged Claudette off the bus. Claudette's books went flying everywhere as they tried to get her off the bus.

Claudette began to cry. she was so upset because she didn't want to leave the bus. She did NOT want to give her seat to that woman.

The police put Claudette in their car, and drove off. The whole car ride to the police station, the officers would say mean things to Claudette, but Claudette kept all of her fear and fright inside of her.