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Claudette Colvin, US civil rights pioneer, dies at 86

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  • Claudette Colvin, aged 15, staged an early, pivotal protest in Montgomery in 1955 by refusing to surrender her bus seat, an act that helped spark the civil rights movement.
  • Claudette Colvin’s 1955 arrest occurred nine months before Rosa Parks’ more famous refusal, placing Colvin at the very dawn of the bus-desegregation movement.
  • Colvin's case helped catalyze monumental change by contributing to legal challenges that ended bus segregation in Montgomery and beyond.

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Civil Rights Pioneer Claudette Colvin Dies at 86

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Civil Rights Pioneer Claudette Colvin Dies at 86

Claudette Colvin, who refused to move seats on a bus at start of civil rights movement, dies at 86 | CNN

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Claudette Colvin, who refused to move seats on a bus at start of civil rights movement, dies at 86 | CNN

Claudette Colvin, US civil rights pioneer arrested for not giving up bus seat, dies aged 86

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Claudette Colvin, US civil rights pioneer arrested for not giving up bus seat, dies aged 86

Claudette Colvin, who refused to move seats on a bus at start of civil rights movement, 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

US civil rights icon Claudette Colvin dies, aged 86

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US civil rights icon Claudette Colvin dies, aged 86

Claudette Colvin, who refused to move seats on a bus at start of civil rights movement, 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

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