How does Claudette's experience with injustice lead to a transformation within herself?

Claudette Colvin was a civil right activist whose activist behavior was borne from her series of exposure to injustice within the system starting at a very tender age. Her experience with injustice lead to her determination to make a change and eliminate the radical behavior associated with racism and white supremacy. In a series of occuences such as her arrest for failing to give up her seat to a white passenger and most notably the death sentence pronounced on her high school friend Jeremiah Reeves. These events led her into taking the bold step of making a change by fighting injustice and racism.