Rosa Parks is the name you know. Claudette Colvin is a name you probably should.

Did you know we have a Civil Rights Icon living in Parkchester?

 Join NAACP Parkchester Branch as they pay tribute to

CLAUDETTE COLVIN

HEAR HER REMARKABLE STORY

Question and Answer to follow

Claudette Colvin unsung civil rights heroine refuse to give up her seat on a Montgomery, Alabama bus nine months before Rosa Parks. Claudette Colvin’s actions and not Rosa Parks’ that became the basis for the court case, Browder v. Gayle that ended segregation on public transportation in Montgomery. 

St. Paul's Church 

1891 McGraw Avenue

Sunday May 20th 3:30 PM