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fromwww.npr.org
2 weeks 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
2 weeks 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.
Social justice
fromwww.theguardian.com
1 month ago

What we get wrong about the Montgomery bus boycott and what we can learn from it | Jeanne Theoharis

The Montgomery bus boycott resulted from long-term, organized, sacrificial activism rather than a single spontaneous act.
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