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Claudette Colvin, US civil rights pioneer, dies

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Claudette Colvin, civil rights trailblazer who defied bus segregation, dies at 86

Claudette Colvin died at 86, remembered for her 1955 stand against bus segregation in Montgomery months before Rosa Parks’ arrest

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Claudette Colvin, Whose Defiance Helped End Bus Segregation, Dies at 86

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Who was Claudette Colvin and how she helped end bus segregation at just 15? Civil rights pioneer dies at 86

Claudette Colvin, who challenged Alabama’s segregation laws, dies at 86

Claudette Colvin, whose challenge to Alabama’s segregation laws nine months before Rosa Parks provided a spark for the modern Civil Rights Movement, died on Tuesday.

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Claudette Colvin, US civil rights pioneer, dies at 86

Claudette Colvin, whose refusal to move seats on a segregated bus helped spark the civil rights movement, dies at 86