The unsung Civil Rights icon was arrested at 15 years old for violating bus segregation ordinances in Alabama in 1955.
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 ...
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Before Rosa Parks, Claudette Colvin refused to move

Claudette Colvin was just 15 years old when she refused to give up her bus seat in segregated Montgomery, Alabama. The post ...
As a 15-year-old, Colvin refused to move after a bus driver complained that she was sitting near two white girls in violation ...
Claudette Colvin, the American civil rights pioneer who first refused to give up her seat on a bus before Rosa Parks, is dead ...
Despite her bravery, civil rights leaders deemed Rosa Parks a less problematic face to propel the Montgomery bus boycott ...
Civil Rights activist Claudette Colvin passed away on Jan. 13, 2025, at the age of 86. Here's what to know about her cause of ...
History had me glued to the seat,” she said, reflecting on her arrest as a 15-year-old after refusing to yield her bus seat ...
Claudette Colvin, a civil rights champion arrested for not giving up her bus seat for a White woman in 1955, has died at the ...