Claudette Colvin: Twice Toward Justice

Why was Claudette considered a bad choice to be the "poster person" for a bus boycott? What did she say about her problem?

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Claudette had recently become pregnant outside of marriage, which made her politically radioactive at that time. Claudette reports that she knew almost nothing about sex. She only had sex once and did not have an abortion because it was illegal.