Claudette Colvin, who was 15 when she refused to give up her bus seat in 1955, helped lay the foundation for the Civil Rights ...

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 ...

Claudette Colvin was just 15 years old in 1955 when she boarded a segregated bus in Montgomery, Alabama. She was told to move to the back of the bus.

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 ...

Claudette Colvin, whose refusal to move to the back of a Montgomery, Alabama, bus as a teenager preceded the better-known ...

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 ...