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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 ...
Claudette Colvin's foundation announced on Tuesday that the civil rights icon, whose story flew under the radar for decades, ...
Civil rights pioneer Claudette Colvin has died at 86. Very nearly forgotten by history, Colvin was 15 years old in 1955 when ...
Despite her bravery, civil rights leaders deemed Rosa Parks a less problematic face to propel the Montgomery bus boycott ...
In 1956, Colvin became one of four plaintiffs in a case that successfully challenged Montgomery’s segregated bus seating as ...
John Forté, a Grammy-nominated musician who saw a 14-year federal prison sentence commuted halfway through by President ...
The Bay Area is honoring the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. with marches, concerts, community service events and more.
Claudette Colvin, a “bespectacled, studious looking high school student” who refused to give up her bus seat to a white woman ...
Civil right figure Claudette Colvin has passed away of natural causes at the age of 86. People Magazine reported that Colvin died on the morning of January 13, 2026. Claudette Colvin was a mother to ...
Trump encourages anti-government protesters in Iran. And a key White House meeting is set for today on Greenland. The post ...
Sometimes a moment, a chance occurrence, can help shape the course of your life. For Tara Vargas Wallace, one of those ...