King Hill in Montgomery in Montgomery County, Alabama — The American South (East South Central)

Claudette Colvin Home

Montgomery County

Photographed by Shaun Rose, May 10, 2024

1. Claudette Colvin Home Marker

Inscription.
This home was constructed in 1940 for Mary Anne and Q.P. Colvin. Their daughter Claudette Colvin refused on March 2, 1955, to give up her seat to a white passenger on a Montgomery city bus. This event occurred nine months before the incident in which Rosa Parks did the same, sparking the Montgomery bus boycott. Colvin was also one of five plaintiffs in the federal court case, Browder v. Gayle, that legally challenged bus segregation in the city. On November 13, 1956, the Supreme Court ordered Montgomery and the state of Alabama to end bus segregation. Colvin relocated to New York City in 1958. For many years Colvin was one of the unsung foot soldiers of the Civil Rights Movement.
Listed in the Alabama Register of Landmarks and Heritage August 5, 2010

Erected 2020 by Alabama Historical Commission, Black Heritage Council, Councilman Tracy Larkin, Earnestine Woods and Have a Heart 4 Children.

Topics. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: African Americans • Civil Rights • Women. A significant historical date for this entry is March 2, 1955.

Location. 32° 23.272′ N, 86° 16.775′ W. Marker is in Montgomery,

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Alabama, in Montgomery County. It is in King Hill. It is on Claudette Colvin Drive north of Upper Wetumpka Road, on the right when traveling north. Just north of the King Hill community garden and northwest of the King Hill Historic District historic marker. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 622 Claudette Colvin, Montgomery AL 36107, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this marker is in Alabama’s Tri-Counties River Region.

It is also in the American South,

specifically in the Deep South,

and in the Black Belt.

Globally, it is in North America,

a Gulf of Mexico state,

the Western Hemisphere,

the Western World,

and the Anglosphere.

Historically, it finds itself in what was once the territory of the Mississippian Culture,

one of the Confederate States of America,

and the Antebellum South.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within walking distance of this marker: King Hill Historic District (within shouting distance of this marker); Capitol Heights Elementary School (approx. 0.3 miles away); Capitol Heights (approx. half a mile away); Militaires Francais Decedes Aux Etats-Unis Au Cours de la Guerre 1939-1945

Photographed by Shaun Rose, May 10, 2024

2. Claudette Colvin Home Marker

Context photo of marker and residence.

(approx. 0.7 miles away); Royal Air Force Burial Ground (approx. 0.7 miles away); Burial Site of Royal Air Force Trainee Pilots (approx. 0.7 miles away); Governor William Calvin Oates / Colonel W. C. Oates, CSA at Gettysburg (approx. 0.9 miles away); William C. Oates (approx. 0.9 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Montgomery.

Photographed by Shaun Rose, May 10, 2024

3. Claudette Colvin Home Marker

Nearby mural honoring Claudette Colvin.

Credits. This page was last revised on February 25, 2025. It was originally submitted on May 10, 2024, by Shaun Rose of Montgomery, Alabama. This page has been viewed 1,646 times since then and 325 times this year. Photos: 1, 2, 3. submitted on May 10, 2024, by Shaun Rose of Montgomery, Alabama. • James Hulse was the editor who published this page.