Colvin, a lesser-known figure who took a stand against racial discrimination as a teenager in Montgomery, Alabama, has died ...
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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 ...
Civil rights pioneer Claudette Colvin has died at 86. Very nearly forgotten by history, Colvin was 15 years old in 1955 when ...
Claudette Colvin, who defied bus segregation at 15 before Rosa Parks, has died at 86. Discover how her legacy shaped civil ...
Her defiance of Jim Crow laws in 1955 made her a star witness in a landmark segregation suit, but her act was overshadowed ...
Despite her bravery, civil rights leaders deemed Rosa Parks a less problematic face to propel the Montgomery bus boycott ...
Colvin's arrest on a Montgomery bus at age 15, months before Rosa Parks, helped galvanize the modern Civil Rights Movement.
Claudette Colvin, who challenged bus segregation at 15 before Rosa Parks, has died at 86. Her courage helped shape the civil ...
In 1956, Colvin became one of four plaintiffs in a case that successfully challenged Montgomery’s segregated bus seating as ...
Claudette Colvin, whose 1955 arrest for refusing to give up her seat on a segregated Montgomery bus helped spark the modern ...
“We’re telling a story,” Holley said. “We basically take them from Graceland to Sun Studio, to Bass Pro, to the Civil Rights ...
History often remembers movements by their most recognizable moments. It less often remembers the teenagers who moved first.