Bus segregation challenger Claudette Colvin dies at 86 - WBMA

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.

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