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Claudette Colvin, 86, who refused to give up her bus seat in 1955, dies — Static01.nyt.com

Claudette Colvin, 86, who refused to give up her bus seat in 1955, dies

Claudette Colvin, whose 1955 refusal to give up her seat on a Montgomery, Ala., bus became an early flashpoint in the civil rights movement, died on Tuesday in Texas. She was 86, and her death in hospice care was confirmed by Roseboro Holdings, which represents the Claudette Colvin Foundation; the

Claudette Colvin, civil rights pioneer who refused a bus seat in 1955, dies at 86 — People.com

Claudette Colvin, civil rights pioneer who refused a bus seat in 1955, dies at 86

Civil rights pioneer Claudette Colvin has died at 86; she died on the morning of Tuesday, Jan. 13, of natural causes, a spokesman for her family, Ashley D. Roseboro, confirmed to People. Colvin was 15 when, on March 2, 1955, she refused to give up her seat on a segregated