Jim Crow era Alabama is about to witness a brave act of obstruction. Fifteen years old and pregnant, Claudette Colvin denies her bus seat to a white woman and is subsequently arrested for her transgression. Sound familiar? Colvin’s defiant act occurs nine months prior to the famous scene promulgated by Rosa Parks, who later becomes a ubiquitous figure in the Civil Rights movement. By invoking her constitutional rights, Colvin quietly sets the stage for the marches and fight for racial equality, culminating with the ending of segregation in 1965. By admission of the Civil Rights leaders, Colvin’s age, pregnancy and dark hue of her skin does not fit the character profile desired for the movement, believing her story detracts from the cause. Colvin will later gain satisfaction, however, when the US Supreme Court upholds the Browder vs. Gayle verdict, thus ending bus segregation in Alabama permanently.