Claudette Colvin Way (Bronx)
Present name:None
Location:At the southeast corner of Unionport Road and East Tremont Avenue
Honoree:  Claudette Colvin was born in Montgomery, Alabama in 1939. A few months before Rosa Parks, she stood up against segregation in Alabama in 1955 at the age of 15 when she was arrested for refusing to give up her seat on a city bus to a white passenger, saying it was her constitutional right to sit there. Her case was considered being used by the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, however they decided against pursuing it because of her age. The court found her guilty and she was put on probation. She later moved to New York City where she worked as a nurse’s aide until her retirement in 2004. (Diaz)
LL:2020/26