HR 18 Summary

• Urges all appropriate authorities of the State of Alabama to expunge the criminal record of Claudette Colvin for her arrest on March 2, 1955, when she refused to give up her bus seat on a segregated bus in Montgomery—nine months before Rosa Parks's similar arrest.

• Recognizes Colvin's civil rights contributions, including a successful lawsuit against segregated bus seating led by attorney Fred D. Gray, and her decades of advocacy and inspiration to others.

• Notes Colvin's educational perseverance in earning her G.E.D. and attending Alabama State Teachers College despite leaving high school early due to her activism, and her family's subsequent achievements.

• Directs that copies of the resolution be delivered to the presiding judge of Montgomery County Family Court and to Ms. Colvin to formally recognize her contributions as acts of courageous service.