Claudette Colvin dies at 86; months before Rosa Parks, civil rights activist refused to move seats on segregated bus - The Mercury News
Source: The Mercury News — January 13, 2026
By Kimberly Chandler | Associated Press MONTGOMERY, Ala. — 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.