US civil rights pioneer Claudette Colvin dies at 86 - France 24

Written By Ashley Roseboro

Source: France 24 — January 14, 2026

US civil rights pioneer Claudette Colvin dies at 86 Claudette Colvin, who refused to give up her seat on a segregated Alabama bus in 1955, months before Rosa Parks, has died aged 86, her foundation said on Tuesday. Colvin was 15 at the time.

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