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Claudette Colvin, who at age 15 refused to give up her seat on a Montgomery, Alabama bus and later became a plaintiff in a suit that helped desegregate public transportation, has died at 86 in Texas. Her bold act preceded Rosa Parks and helped spark the Montgomery Bus Boycott, though her contribution is often overlooked by history.
Claudette Colvin, 15, refused to give up her Montgomery, Alabama bus seat in 1955 and became a plaintiff in Browder v. Gayle, helping spark the Montgomery Bus Boycott that advanced the civil rights movement. Although Rosa Parks’ stand became the lasting symbol, Colvin’s bravery provided crucial momentum for activists and later earned recognition after decades of obscurity; she had her juvenile arrest record expunged in 2021 and died Jan. 13 at 86 in hospice in Texas.
Claudette Colvin, who at age 15 refused to give up her Montgomery bus seat nine months before Rosa Parks and helped spark the desegregation of U.S. buses, has died at 86. Her 1955 arrest remained largely unknown for decades, and she later became a nurse in New York; the following year the Supreme Court ruled to end bus segregation, and her legacy is honored by the Claudette Colvin Legacy Foundation in Texas.
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.