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Claudette Colvin, US civil rights pioneer, dies at 86
Bbc.co.uk and 7 more
- Claudette Colvin's 1955 bus refusal helped spark the Montgomery desegregation movement, nine months before Rosa Parks' act.
- Colvin's arrest and actions provided a foundation for Browder v. Gayle, which ended Montgomery bus segregation and reshaped U.S. law.
- Colvin's role as a pioneer predated Rosa Parks and helped catalyze a movement that reshaped U.S. civil rights law.
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