Claudette Colvin, Civil rights pioneer and hidden figure of Montgomery Bus Boycott, dies at 86 - TheGrio

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Claudette Colvin, Civil rights pioneer and hidden figure of Montgomery Bus Boycott, dies at 86 - TheGrio

Source: TheGrio — January 13, 2026

Claudette Colvin, the civil rights pioneer who was arrested at age 15 on a Montgomery bus after she refused to move from her seat months before Rosa Parks did, has died. She was 86.

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