Bus segregation challenger Claudette Colvin dies at 86 - WBMA
Source: WBMA — January 13, 2026
Bus segregation challenger Claudette Colvin dies at 86 WASHINGTON (AP) — 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.