Alabama Civil Rights pioneer Claudette Colvin dies at 86 - WVTM

Written By Ashley Roseboro

Source: WVTM — January 13, 2026

Alabama Civil Rights pioneer Claudette Colvin dies at 86 Claudette Colvin, who was arrested at age 15 in 1955 for refusing to give up her seat on a segregated bus in Montgomery, months before Rosa Parks’ protest helped ignite the Montgomery Bus Boycott, has died at 86.

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