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fromwww.dw.com
12 hours ago

US civil rights icon Claudette Colvin dies, aged 86

At 15, Claudette Colvin refused to give up her bus seat in Montgomery, later joining a successful lawsuit that helped end public-transport segregation.
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fromwww.npr.org
17 hours ago
History

Claudette Colvin, who refused to move seats on a bus at start of civil rights movement, dies

Claudette Colvin, arrested at 15 for refusing to give up her bus seat in 1955, helped legally challenge Montgomery bus segregation and catalyze civil rights.
fromThe Washington Post
21 hours ago
US news

Claudette Colvin, civil rights pioneer on a Montgomery bus, dies at 86

At 15, Claudette Colvin refused to give up her Montgomery bus seat, prompting an early challenge to segregation and later serving as a plaintiff.
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fromABC7 Los Angeles
20 hours ago

Claudette Colvin, who refused to move seats on a bus at start of civil rights movement, dies at 86

Claudette Colvin, whose 1955 arrest for refusing to give up her seat on a segregated Montgomery bus helped spark the modern civil rights movement, has died. She was 86. Her death was announced Tuesday by the Claudette Colvin Legacy Foundation. Ashley D. Roseboro of the organization confirmed she died in Texas. Colvin was arrested months before Rosa Parks gained international fame before refusing to give up her seat on a segregated bus.
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fromwww.mercurynews.com
20 hours ago

Claudette Colvin dies at 86; months before Rosa Parks, civil rights activist refused to move seats on segregated bus

Claudette Colvin, arrested at 15 for refusing to give her bus seat and later a plaintiff in the Montgomery desegregation case, died at 86.
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