Claudette Claudette ColvinColvin

By Elissa Moy

Twice Towards Justice

Timeline of Claudette Timeline of Claudette Colvin’s CourageColvin’s Courage

1. When she was a young girl, Claudette talked back to a white woman in a store.

2. Claudette helped support her classmate Jeremiah Reeves when he was in jail for his legal defense.

3. Claudette refused to give her seat up to a white woman on the bus. She got arrested and put in jail.

4. Claudette got pregnant; people thought the father was a white man. Claudette refused to tell who the father was to anybody.

5. During the bus boycott, Claudette stayed off the buses and encouraged her parents to donate their cars to support the boycott.

Timeline of Claudette Timeline of Claudette Colvin’s Courage Colvin’s Courage

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6. Claudette agreed to be a witness in the Browder v. Gayle trial and stand up to get integrated buses.

7. Claudette, during the trial, stood up to city attorney, Walter Knabe and didn’t let herself say what he wanted her to say.

9. Claudette would try again and again to get a job after the buses got integrated even though people would recognize her and she got fired again and again.

8. Claudette, after the trial, didn’t feel ashamed that she had gotten pregnant. She didn’t care if none of the black leaders would talk to her.

10. Claudette goes back to the school that she was so ashamed to go to as a high school student to talk about her experiences in front of both black and white students.

Color CollageColor CollageRed =

DeterminedOne of Claudette’s colors is red. Red is

for determined, when you don’t give up. Here is

the text examples from the book that shows that

Claudette is determined. “I started crying, but

I felt even more defiant. I kept saying over

and over, “It’s my constitutional right to sit

here as much as that lady! I paid my fare; it’s

my constitutional right!” I knew I was talking

back to a police officer, but I had had

enough.”

Color CollageColor CollageYellow = IntelligentAnother one of Claudette’s colors is

yellow. Yellow is for intelligent, and

Claudette was very smart. Here are the

examples from the book that show that

Claudette was intelligent. “People always

said that I was smart… When it came time

for me to start second grade, I could

already read and write and spell and even

do some arithmetic. They tested me and told

me to go sit with the third graders.”

Color CollageColor Collage

Purple = Sensitive

The third color that describes

Claudette is purple. The color purple is

for sensitive. Here are the examples from

the text that show that Claudette is

sensitive. “ Right after Delphine died (of

polio), I became very sensitive. Just about

any cruel word or insult could start me

crying, even if it were aimed at the person

besides me.”

Color CollageColor Collage

Blue = Persistent

The last color that describes

Claudette Colvin would be blue for

persistent. The book quotes, “Mine was the

first cry for justice, and a loud one. I

made it so that our own adult leaders

couldn’t just be nice anymore.”

Claudette Colvin’s Claudette Colvin’s Dream RoomDream Room

This is what

Claudette Colvin’s

dream room would look

like. The main point

in this room is the

picture above the

couch. The picture

shows a black and a

white shaking hands.

This is important

because that was

Claudette’s dream; for

blacks and whites to

be equal. The white

wall and the brown

floor represent that

blacks and whites will

always be together,

next to each other, or

equal.

Claudette Colvin’s Claudette Colvin’s MedalMedal

Claudette Colvin’s Claudette Colvin’s

medal would look like it medal would look like it

does on the right. She would does on the right. She would

have the medal of have the medal of

inspiration because when she inspiration because when she

was a teenager, she stood up was a teenager, she stood up

for what was right and in for what was right and in

the book, “Brought the the book, “Brought the

revolution to Montgomery.” revolution to Montgomery.”

She inspired more people, She inspired more people,

including another teenage including another teenage

girl, named Mary Louise girl, named Mary Louise

Smith, and Rosa Parks.Smith, and Rosa Parks.

Medal of Inspirat

ion

THE MEDAL OF INSPIRATION FORCLAUDETTE COLVIN

The Colvin RestaurantThe Colvin Restaurant

A bowl of spinach for brain power!

Equality cookie for

equal rights!

A bus cake! Let’s get the buses integrated!

Mixed cake! Both black and white!

South-western chicken. Regular food in Alabama.

Milk!

Red wine

Lemonade

Applesauce, perfect for little babies like Claudette’s own, Raymond and Randy!

Buffalo wings to make you mad!