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