Claudette Colvin, who refused to move seats on a bus at start of civil rights movement, dies at 86
- Posted on January 13, 2026
- By Chicago Tribune
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Claudette Colvin, who refused to move seats on a bus at start of civil rights movement, dies at 86
Claudette Colvin, whose 1955 arrest for refusing to give up her seat on a segregated Montgomery bus helped spark the modern civil rights movement, has died. She was 86.
