Claudette Colvin, civil rights pioneer, dies at 86
In 1956, Colvin became one of four plaintiffs in a case that successfully challenged Montgomery’s segregated bus seating as ...
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Died: Claudette Colvin, Unsung Civil Rights Pioneer
On a March day in 1955, 15-year-old Claudette Colvin boarded a segregated city bus in Montgomery, Alabama. Under Jim Crow ...
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Claudette Colvin was a civil rights pioneer. She died this week at 86
More than 70 years ago, a Black teenager pushed against racial boundary lines in Montgomery, Alabama. She had learned about Harriet Tubman and Sojourner Truth at her segregated high school, and the ...
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Claudette Colvin, civil rights pioneer who refused to give up bus seat, dies at 86
MONTGOMERY, Ala. — Claudette Colvin, whose arrest 71 years ago as a teenager for refusing to give up her seat on a segregated bus in Alabama helped ignite the civil rights movement, died Tuesday. She ...
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Claudette Colvin, civil rights pioneer, dies at 86
Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Claudette Colvin, whose refusal to move to the back of a Montgomery, Alabama, bus as a teenager preceded the better-known efforts ...
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Civil rights pioneer Claudette Colvin dies at 86
Colvin was 15 years old when she refused to give up her seat on a segregated bus on March 2, 1955 Civil rights pioneer Claudette Colvin has died The 86-year-old died of natural causes, spokesman ...
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Civil Rights Pioneer Claudette Colvin Dies at 86
Claudette Colvin, the civil rights pioneer who refused to give up her seat on a segregated bus in Montgomery, Alabama, at just 15 years old, has died. She was 86. “It is with profound sadness that the ...