Claudette Colvin
publication date: Friday, October 17, 2008 (part of Round XXXVI)
category: 
Injustice
clue: Being a mother didn't stop her from being the mother of the civil rights movement.
explanation: Nine months before Rosa Parks, Colvin was arrested for sitting in the whites-only front of the bus, but her subsequent pregnancy dropped her from the civil-rights spotlight. more…
solved by: Russ Wilhelm, Steve West, Samir Mehta, Justin Woods, LaVonne Lemler, Chris Lemler, Joanna Woods, Richard Slominsky, Mike Rothstein, and Amy Austin
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