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Claudette Colvin arrested; King, Jo Ann Robinson, and Rosa Parks meet with Montgomery officials

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March 2, 1955

Claudette Colvin, 15, is arrested for allegedly violating Montgomery’s ordinance requiring segregation on the city’s buses. King, Jo Ann Robinson of the Women’s Political Council, Rosa Parks of the Montgomery NAACP, and others later meet with city and bus company officials.