Storyteller and educator Awele Makeba combines performing arts
and history to tell a powerful story from the American civil
rights movement. Learn more about the life of Claudette Colvin.
As Makeba asks, why do we know about Rosa Parks, but not
Claudette Colvin? What happened to her afterBrowder v. Gayle?
Create posters, pamphlets, or other materials describing
Colvin’s contribution to the civil rights movement. Work with
your local transit authority to display them in buses or subways
in your community. Good resources include: NPR: Before Rosa
Parks, there was Claudette Colvin (03/15/09)
http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=101719889
The New York Times: From footnote to fame in civil rights
history (11/25/09)
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/11/26/books/26colvin.html Library of
Congress: Phillip M. Hoose and Claudette Colvin
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5P1JB2R5CFw Newsweek: A forgotten
contribution (03/01/09)
http://www.thedailybeast.com/newsweek/2009/03/01/a-forgotten-
contribution Acts of cour