Today in History: March 2, Black teen refuses to give up her bus seat

Today is Monday, March 2, the 61st day of 2026. There are 304 days left in the year.

Today in history:

On March 2, 1955, nine months before Rosa Parks’ more famous act of defiance, Claudette Colvin, a Black high school student in Montgomery, Alabama, was arrested after refusing to give up her seat on a public bus to a white passenger.

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