Mission:
At the Claudette Colvin Foundation, our mission is to inspire and recognize youth and young adults for their service in significantly improving life in communities across America.
Values:
We strive to use our endowed attributes and talents to encourage and uplift others.
We respect youth and young adults as contributing members of the community.
We treat all communities with respect.
We recognize and embrace our stewardship responsibility in fulfilling our service.
Consider This
Preface:
Each quarter, this section will offer a short discussion that invites reflection on the past, present, and outlook ahead. Topics could cover people, places, events, things said, or things written. Discussions will embrace faith, truth, grounded principles, and constitutional rights. Many discussions will draw on what Claudette Colvin said and shared over her lifetime. Topics will also be drawn from the many books she held. Readers/followers will be encouraged to research the topic online and share their insights during that quarter.
Discussion: That Happened in the Past; What About Now?
Often, people hear others express little interest in reflecting on history, especially its difficult or harsh aspects. Others might say they prefer to focus on the present. However, it is ironic that, to understand, appreciate, and succeed in the present, one must sometimes reflect on the past.
Some may know of Joshua, who followed Moses and led Israel across the Jordan River (Josh. 4). At this key event, the Lord instructed them to build a memorial after they crossed the river. The memorial was meant to spark the interest of future generations. Essentially, it provided a basis for sharing and teaching about their history and the Lord’s works. Remembering their history was important to the Lord.
When we tell the story of the Civil Rights Movement, we tend to remember it through moments: the march, the microphone, the photograph frozen in time. But movements,not sustained by moments alone, are powered by people, daily labor, quiet decisions, and acts of care that rarely make headlines.
Source: Word In Black — February 19, 2026
When we tell the story of the Civil Rights Movement, we tend to remember it through moments: the march, the microphone, the photograph frozen in time. But movements,not sustained by moments alone, are powered by people, daily labor, quiet decisions, and acts of care that rarely make headlines.
Rosa Parks’s death on October 24, 2005, was met with tributes from across America and around the world to memorialize the impressive role she played in the Civil Rights Movement. On December 1, 1955, Parks refused to give up her seat to a white man on a crowded Montgomery, Alabama, bus.
Source: The Future of Freedom Foundation — February 17, 2026
Rosa Parks’s death on October 24, 2005, was met with tributes from across America and around the world to memorialize the impressive role she played in the Civil Rights Movement. On December 1, 1955, Parks refused to give up her seat to a white man on a crowded Montgomery, Alabama, bus.
Overview: Claudette Colvin, a civil rights activist who, at the tender age of 16, refused to give up her bus seat to a white person in Montgomery, Alabama, nine months before Rosa Parks did the same. Calvin died in January at the age of 86.
Source: Black Voice News — February 17, 2026
Overview: Claudette Colvin, a civil rights activist who, at the tender age of 16, refused to give up her bus seat to a white person in Montgomery, Alabama, nine months before Rosa Parks did the same. Calvin died in January at the age of 86.
"I felt like Sojourner Truth was pushing down on one shoulder and Harriet Tubman was pushing down on the other—saying, 'Sit down girl!’ I was glued to my seat."