Claudette Colvin, who refused to move before the nation was ready, dies at 86 - AFRO American Newspapers
Source: AFRO American Newspapers — January 15, 2026
By Stacy M. Brown Black Press USA History often remembers movements by their most recognizable moments. It less often remembers the teenagers who moved first. Claudette Colvin, whose refusal to surrender her seat on a segregated Montgomery, Ala.