Died: Claudette Colvin, Unsung Civil Rights Pioneer - Christianity Today
Source: Christianity Today — February 02, 2026
On a March day in 1955, 15-year-old Claudette Colvin boarded a segregated city bus in Montgomery, Alabama. Under Jim Crow laws, Black riders were forced to sit in the back or give up their seats if the white section became full. Colvin sat with other Black passengers.