Question

1) What examples does the author reveal to show that Claudette Colvin and

others in the black community experienced extreme prejudice,
discrimination, and racism in America during the Civil Rights era?

Answer 1

1. In 1955, Claudette Colvin was arrested for refusing to give up her seat on a bus to a white person, nine months before Rosa Parks did the same. This act of defiance exposed her to public humiliation and ridicule.

2. Claudette and her family were threatened and harassed by members of the community, and she was even banned from attending her own school prom.

3. In 1956, the Supreme Court declared that segregated buses were unconstitutional, yet Claudette and her family were still subjected to racial slurs, intimidation, and violence.

4. After she became an icon of the civil rights movement, Claudette was denied service in a restaurant and was physically assaulted by a white woman.

5. Claudette was not offered the same support and protection that was given to Rosa Parks.

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