Imagine going from being a normal high schooler to making front line news for trying to make a change in the problems of the world today. As teens, they are controlling a firm movement for the world to see. By examining Claudette Colvin’s actions to gain her rights and be an equal individual, and the Stoneman Douglas High School students fight to lose their rights and be certain a tragedy like this doesn't re-occur, we can tell that teens can make an impact just as great, if not greater, than adults when it comes to issues like these.
Claudette Colvin, as a teenager in 1955, became a strong role model for the Civil Rights Movement. Her actions, done when she was only fifteen, helped motivate the Civil Rights movement. And she was alone, and