Who is Claudette Colvin? | Quizzland Trivia Answers

WaldoLydeker

One always hears about Rosa Parks, deservedly so, but Claudette Colvin is not getting her due. I never heard of this lady.

Pimpao +

justice gave her strength, great soul of our century

Uninitialized

ChampionNymph37634, A lot of black history was swept under the rug.

ChampionNymph37634

This was a new one on me & I see from other comments that I'm not alone. Obviously, what happened didn't receive the publicity it deserved. Somehow, the struggle this young lady faced & her subsequent victory in court were "swept under the rug", so to speak; which serves as testament to the insidious nature of racism & discrimination. It would seem that early victories in civil rights were largely ignored.

Player #3833664

Get up Stand up for yr rights!!!

urtrippin2

Player #8698003, Straight facts!!! Plus she was pregnant at the time and was kicked out of school for it.

Player #14873434

WaldoLydeker, I'm a retired secondary school American history teacher and i never came across her name in any curriculum.

Elaine McPherson

WOW! This woman, I don't think anyone has ever heard of this lady. Which is something of an anomaly. Usually, the only black American's has ever heard of is Rosa Parks, MLK, and Ms. Tubman. BUT, There are so many more black American's, in Science, Mathematics, even two women worked for NASA.

Ktkk

urtrippin2, Last I heard, being pregnant while still in school is not a crime & not that uncommon either. She still deserves credit.

Player Bengal Mama

WaldoLydeker, This lady was just 16 years old, amazing strength and courage.

marnie

SpankyJo, I am never ashamed of my race..nor should you be..you didn't do it

niinii#76!

I read it somewhere a few years ago, the reason why Claudette Colvin didn't get recognized publicly as the first woman before Rosa Parks, was that she was young and pregnant so she wouldn't have been a good role model to display at the time. 🫤

Player #130998363

Just learned the other day the song Black Bird by the Beatles is about the plight of black people

Angela

Player Bengal Mama, so true good for her

MARELMAR

she and Rosa Parks are for the Civil Rights Movement.

brickmartian

WaldoLydeker, I've heard the name but couldn't remember why until I saw her picture! This all happened just before I was born! Growing up in the 60s was terrifying for a small child who didn't fully understand what was going on, or why!

Flamingo

urtrippin2, They would have kicked out any pregnant girl of any color from school in the 1950's; different times.

Tony

She was 15 when she was arrested for refusing to give up her seat to a white woman. She is now 84 years old. According to Google, she did not receive the same attention as Rosa Parks because she did not have "good hair", she was not fair skinned, she was a teenager and she was pregnant.

Ernie

RushMama2112, They also thought that because Mrs. Parks was lighter complexioned, she would find more sympathy within the public eye, especially within the white community.

Ernie

Elaine , this is the very type of information people like Ron DeSantis, Greg (Ironsides) Abbott, and those that are censoring books wish to allow to be read, printed, or published.

Dayrell

Wow thanks QUIZZLAND for the info never knew this

JustJason007

There are many brave individuals who fought against hate. Our history doesn’t do the justice it deserves

Giggle pig

I didn’t remember the name, but I remember the picture.

Tanya

Player #14873434, "Secondary school" in America??? I think not.

MzKrissy

Til this day we won't never know the whole Truth

shane

Wow, I never knew this, Claudette Colvin did not get the recognition she deserved. God bless her and everything she did to help be such a monumental stone in the progression of society to where we are today. Thank you! we praise you Claudette Colvin! 🙏🙏

D

Ktkk, the paper bag test involves the comparison of the skin of a person of color to a paper bag. If their skin was darker than the bag, they were deemed too black.

TAMTAM

WaldoLydeker, Me neither Ive always heard Rosa Parks, so this makes me sad that even today (only by us play this wonderful learned something new🤓that she isnt getting her praise for having courage to stand up! and refuse to sit in a section but where she chose too

Pappillion

Uninitialized, To think that so much has been lost in every history because of mans unwillingness to come to grips with being equally as ready for the world. Not just one race, nor ethencisisty just the lack of ones ability to get along peaceable with each other not based on ones color. ...