How Did Claudette Colville Affect The Civil Rights Movement

Real action is helping people be equal. So, starting a food bank and making sure people are fed or working for equal wages or getting rid of the box the denies past incarcerations the ability to get a job are all ways that the playing field is equalized and that people have a voice. There is nothing that is violent about a food bank, yet it is one of the most basic needs being met. In Los Angeles last year, there have been lots of protests. In the protest, they normally stand against the police shootings, when a police officer has killed an innocent person. During the protest, someone would shoot into the crowd and police would run to protect the crowd who were the civil disobedient. Ironically, more often than not, a police officer would die in the line of duty.

I believe Claudette Colvin is a exceptional example of a peaceful protest that impacted society positively. Claudette Colvin was a civil rights activist from Montgomery, Alabama, during the 1950's. She refused to give up her seat on a bus months before Rosa Parks' more famous protest. Later than year, Rosa Parks protested.

Claudette was 15 year old when she did this. "When asked why she is little known and why everyone thinks only of Rosa Parks, Colvin says the NAACP and all the other black organizations felt Parks would be a good icon because 'she was an adult. They didn't think teenagers would be reliable,'" (NPR). This is a great role model for young children. Colvin writes in her novel, "It just killed me to leave the bus. I hated to give that white woman my seat when so many black people were