King Sr. would later change his and his son's names to Martin Luther after a trip that included a visit to the historic sites of the reformers in 1934. . He was educated at Indiana University and the Yale School of Forestry. African American chemist Percy Julian was a pioneer in the chemical synthesis of medicinal drugs such as cortisone, steroids and birth control pills. Her son, Raymond, was born in March 1956. As a Black girl growing up in Alabama, she was no stranger to discrimination. [citation needed]. Colvin was a scholar and aimed to one day become President. Joseph Rembert said, "If nobody did anything for Claudette Colvin in the past why don't we do something for her right now?" [39] Later, Rev. In fact, she attended segregated schoolsand rode segregated busesin Montgomery, Alabama. The daughter of Mary Jane Gadson and C. P. Austin, she was born Claudette Austin. For many years, Montgomery's black leaders did not publicize Colvin's pioneering effort. Claudette Colvin Bio: Facts, Siblings. Colvin did not receive the support of the NAACP and other organizations prominent in the civil rights movement. Claudette Colvin was born on September 5, 1939. "[37], In 2000, Troy State University opened a Rosa Parks Museum in Montgomery to honor the town's place in civil rights history. var js, fjs = d.getElementsByTagName(s)[0]; Colvin's neighborhood growing up was a very impoverished one. She told me to let Rosa be the one: white people aren't going to bother Rosa, they like her". Colvin is a civil rights activist and pioneer of the 1950s U.S. civil rights movement. Last Name Colvin #2. Colvin was born September 5, 1939, and was adopted by C. P. Colvin and Mary Anne Colvin. She was raised in a poor neighborhood where she realized the separation of whites and blacks. Nine months earlier, 15-year-old Claudette Colvin refused to give up her seat on the same bus system. While Parks has been heralded as a civil rights heroine, Colvin's story has received little notice. Her parents were Mary Jane Gadson and C.P. She later attended Booker T. Washington High School in Montgomery. The record of her arrest and adjudication of delinquency was expunged by the district court in 2021, with the support of the district attorney for the county in which the charges were brought more than 66 years before. "[38], Colvin's role has not gone completely unrecognized. Claudette Colvin is a civil rights activist who, before Rosa Parks, refused to give up her bus seat to a white passenger. Claudette Colbert was born in Paris and brought to the United States as a child three years later. She decided on that day that she wasn't going to move. I think that history only has room enough for certainyou know, how many icons can you choose? Colvin left Montgomery for New York City in 1958,[6] because she had difficulty finding and keeping work following her participation in the federal court case that overturned bus segregation.