Claudette Colvin, Civil Rights Pioneer Who Refused Bus Segregation Dies at 86
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Claudette Colvin, who was 15 when she refused to give up her seat on a Montgomery, Alabama bus in 1955 and later became a named plaintiff in the case that ended bus segregation, has died at 86 in Texas. The death was announced by the Claudette Colvin Legacy Foundation, and she is remembered as a pivotal early figure in the civil rights movement.
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- Claudette Colvin, Who Refused to Give Her Bus Seat to a White Woman, Dies at 86 The New York Times
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