US EditionClaudette Colvin, civil rights pioneer on a Montgomery bus, dies at 86
Claudette Colvin's 1955 bus arrest at age 15 preceded Rosa Parks and helped end Montgomery bus segregation through the Browder v. Gayle case.
- The Claudette Colvin Legacy Foundation confirmed Tuesday that Claudette Colvin, Montgomery civil rights pioneer, died in Texas at 86, known for her 1955 arrest that helped spark the civil rights movement.
- A bus driver called police after Colvin refused to move, leading to her arrest in Montgomery, Alabama, in 1955, nine months before Rosa Parks.
- As a plaintiff in Browder v. Gayle, Colvin helped challenge segregated Montgomery buses, leading to a landmark case that ended bus segregation and influenced national transportation.
- Her juvenile court records were expunged in 2021, though her family had thought indefinite probation continued because the court never informed them, and Fred Gray served as attorney for the plaintiffs.
- Colvin's family remembered her, saying `She was the heart of our family, wise, resilient and grounded in faith.`, and the Claudette Colvin Foundation said memorial details will be shared later.
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Becoming an African-American civil rights figure for refusing to give up her seat to a white woman on a bus from Montgomery, Alabama, in 1955, when she was only 15, Claudette Colvin died at the age of 86, announced her foundation on Tuesday 13 January.
Claudette Colvin, who challenged Alabama’s segregation laws, dies at 86
Claudette Colvin speaks alongside civil rights attorney Fred Gray, left, during a press conference at the Montgomery County Family Court on October 26, 2021, in Montgomery, Alabama, after petitioning for her juvenile record to be expunged. Colvin, then 15, was arrested on March 2, 1955 after refusing to give up her seat on a segregated Montgomery bus to a white passenger. Her challenge, coming nine months before Rosa Parks' similar move, helped …
She refused to give up her seat on a Montgomery bus in 1955, at the age of just 15, nine months before Rosa Parks.
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