Claudette Colvin no longer has a criminal record stemming from her 1955 arrest in Montgomery, Alabama. “My name was cleared. I’m no longer a juvenile delinquent at the age of 82,” were Colvin’s proud words almost three months after she and her legal team sought to have […]
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