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Claudette Colvin, Who Refused to Move Seats on a Bus at Start of Civil Rights Movement, Dies at 86

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The Associated Press

10:48 JST, January 14, 2026

MONTGOMERY, Ala. (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.

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