Why did the NAACP decide not 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 and her parents were not part of the local black social elite.
C) Colvin was too old and in unstable health, and they did not feel she would make it through an arduous trial.
D) Colvin had already had her life threatened by white supremacists in Montgomery and Birmingham.

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The NAACP did not choose to use Claudette Colvin's arrest as a test case on the buses because she and her parents were not part of the local black social elite. The NAACP wanted to choose a plaintiff who would be well-respected in the community and would be seen as a sympathetic figure by both black and white people, in order to gain public support for their cause.

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