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

Colvin's act of defiance occurred months before Rosa Parks gained international recognition for a similar stand ...
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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 ...

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 ...
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Before Rosa Parks, Claudette Colvin refused to move

Image credit: Dudley M. Brooks/The The Washington Post via Getty Images Claudette Colvin was just 15 years old when she refused to give up her bus seat in segregated Montgomery, Alabama. Her defiance ...

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

Claudette Colvin, arrested at 15 years old for refusing to give up her bus seat, helped spark the civil rights movement.

Classic car owners get their kicks on Route 66 trek to Detroit show

To honor the 100th anniversary of the highway American families have traveled for generations, a caravan of classic cars made ...
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