Top 10 Unsung American Heroes

5. Claudette Colvin

She was one of the first people arrested for refusing to offer her seat to a Caucasian rider. It was 1955 and 15-year-old Colvin refused to give up her seat and was a pioneer in the movement nine months before, the late and great, Rosa Parks.

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