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Civil rights pioneer Claudette Colvin has arrest records expunged

Name: Civil rights pioneer Claudette Colvin has arrest records expunged
Uploaded: 2021-12-16T06:30:10-0500
Duration: 8 min 27 s
Description: Claudette Colvin was 15 in 1955 when she was arrested for refusing to give up her seat on a bus in Montgomery, Alabama. "My name was cleared," she told "CBS Mornings" lead national correspondent David Begnaud.

Claudette Colvin was 15 in 1955 when she was arrested for refusing to give up her seat on a bus in Montgomery, Alabama. "My name was cleared," she told "CBS Mornings" lead national correspondent David Begnaud.