Why Did the NAACP Not Decide to Use Claudette Colvin's

question 42

Multiple Choice

Why did the NAACP not decide to use Claudette Colvin's arrest as a test case on the buses?

• A) Colvin was a white woman who tried to sit in the black section of the bus, and they wanted a black woman arrested.
• B) Colvin was not considered "suitable"-she was 15, unmarried, and pregnant.
• C) Colvin was too old, and in unstable health. They did not feel she would make it through an arduous trial.
• D) Colvin had already had her life threatened by white supremacist groups in Montgomery and Birmingham.

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Definitions:

Sociological Perspective

The sociological perspective involves understanding human behavior by placing it within its broader social context, considering how societies influence people and vice versa.

Stigma

Erving Goffman’s term for any physical or social attribute that devalues a person or group’s identity and that may exclude those who are devalued from normal social interaction.

Geographical Region

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