Claudette Colvin refused to give up her seat on a Montgomery bus in 1955, months before Rosa Parks, becoming a pivotal figure ...

Claudette Colvin, a civil rights champion arrested for not giving up her bus seat for a White woman in 1955, has died at the ...

Claudette Colvin, whose refusal to give up her seat on a segregated Montgomery, Alabama, bus at age 15 helped spark the modern civil rights movement, has died. She was 86.

History often remembers movements by their most recognizable moments. It less often remembers the teenagers who moved first.

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

In 1955, at the age of 15, Claudette Colvin refused to give up her seat on a bus in Montgomery, Alabama, nine months before ...

Civil rights activist Claudette Colvin has passed away at the age of 86, leaving behind a powerful legacy of courage and resistance. Learn more about the life of the trailblazing activist whose ...

Civil rights pioneer Claudette Colvin has died at 86. Very nearly forgotten by history, Colvin was 15 years old in 1955 when ...

The unsung Civil Rights icon was arrested at 15 years old for violating bus segregation ordinances in Alabama in 1955.

Claudette Colvin began a legacy after refusing to give up her Montgomery, Alabama bus seat, months before Rosa Parks’ ...

Claudette Colvin, who as a teenager was arrested in 1955 after refusing to give up her seat on a segregated bus in Montgomery ...

Claudette Colvin, a civil rights pioneer who refused to give up her seat on a segregated bus in 1955, has died at 86. Her bravery paved the way for the civil rights movement.