Claudette Colvin dies at 86; months before Rosa Parks, civil rights activist refused to move seats on segregated bus - The Mercury News

Written by Ashley Roseboro
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.

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