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

Claudette Colvin was just 15 years old when she refused to give up her bus seat in segregated Montgomery, Alabama. The post ...

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

Claudette Colvin, widely considered an unsung hero of the American civil rights movement, has died at age 86. “To us, she was ...

Despite her bravery, civil rights leaders deemed Rosa Parks a less problematic face to propel the Montgomery bus boycott ...

Claudette Colvin, who challenged bus segregation at 15 before Rosa Parks, has died at 86. Her courage helped shape the civil ...

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.

"This illustration honors visionaries whose talent, leadership, and courage have shaped the American story, because Black ...

Claudette Colvin, at 15, was arrested nine months before Rosa Parks gained international fame for also refusing to give up ...

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 ...