Segregated Bus Protest

Civil rights pioneer who started bus protest dies

Civil rights pioneer who started bus protest dies at 86: ‘History had me glued to the seat’

MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) — 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.

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Civil Rights Pioneer Claudette Colvin Dies at 86

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Claudette Colvin, civil rights trailblazer who defied bus segregation, dies at 86

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Claudette Colvin, Who Refused to Move Seats on a Bus at Start of Civil Rights Movement, Dies at 86

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.

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Claudette Colvin: Civil rights icon who refused to move seats on segregated bus dies at 86

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Claudette Colvin, whose refusal to move seats on a segregated bus helped spark the civil rights movement, dies at 86

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Months Before Rosa Parks Made Headlines, Claudette Colvin Refused to Give Up Her Seat for a White Woman on a Segregated Bus

Colvin, a lesser-known figure who took a stand against racial discrimination as a teenager in Montgomery, Alabama, has died at age 86

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Figure central to ending bus segregation dies at 86

Claudette Colvin, whose 1955 refusal to give up her seat on a segregated bus helped spark the legal challenge that ended transit segregation, has died at 86.

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