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Remembering Claudette Colvin, an overlooked civil rights hero who helped end bus segregation as a teen

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. At age 15, Claudette Colvin refused to give up her seat on a segregated bus, months before Rosa Parks. She became one of four ...
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Claudette Colvin, who refused to move seats on a segregated bus, dies aged 86

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Claudette Colvin, whose 1955 arrest for refusing to give up her seat on a segregated Montgomery bus helped spark the modern civil ...
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Claudette Colvin, whose refusal to move seats on a segregated bus helped spark the civil rights movement, dies at 86

WASHINGTON(AP) — Claudette Colvin, whose refusal to move seats on a segregated bus helped spark the civil rights movement, dies at 86.
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Sister of civil rights pioneer Claudette Colvin says 'she was an ordinary person that did an extraordinary thing'

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (WIAT) — CBS 42 heard from the sister of civil rights pioneer Claudette Colvin after she died at the age of 86. “Her contribution to America was that she was an ordinary person that ...
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Claudette Colvin, who refused to move seats on a bus at start of civil rights movement, dies

MONTGOMERY, Ala. — 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. The women ...
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Claudette Colvin, who refused to move seats on a bus at start of civil rights movement, dies at 86

WASHINGTON (AP) — 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. Her death was ...