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Why did officers arrest Claudette Colvin?

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Claudette Colvin was arrested on March 2, in 1955 at the age of 15 years old for not giving up her seat to a white woman while aboard a segregated bus. She was the first black woman to refuse to give up her seat, nine months later Rosa Parks followed her example.

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Answer:Claudette Colvin refused to give up her bus seat to a white passenger.

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