Claudette Colvin
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Claudette Colvin was an American pioneer of the 1950s civil rights movement and nurse aide. On March 2, 1955, she was arrested at the age of 15 in Montgomery, Alabama, for refusing to give up her seat
Colvin in 1952, aged 13
Jeremiah Reeves
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Jeremiah Reeves was an African American jazz drummer who was executed by the state of Alabama by electrocution after being convicted of raping a white woman, Mabel Ann Crowder, in 1952. At the time of
Claudette Colvin
…activity. She dreamed of becoming the President of the United States. Her political inclination was fueled in part by an incident with her schoolmate, Jeremiah Reeves. His case was the first time that she had witnessed the work of the NAACP. Reeves was sentenced to death and executed for raping a white woman when he…
Jeremiah Reeves in an undated picture