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Claudette Colvin, who refused to move seats on a bus at start of civil rights movement, dies

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Claudette Colvin, arrested at 15 years old for refusing to give up her bus seat, helped spark the civil rights movement.

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  1. ABC 7 Los Angeles

    Claudette Colvin, who refused to move seats on a bus at start of civil rights movement, dies at 86 (opens ABC 7 Los Angeles)

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    Claudette Colvin, who refused to move seats on a bus at start of civil rights movement, has died. She was 86.

  2. The Oregonian

    Claudette Colvin, whose arrest helped spark civil rights movement, dies at 86 (opens The Oregonian)

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    Colvin was arrested months before Rosa Parks gained international fame before refusing to give up her seat on a segregated bus.

  3. Fox5 Atlanta

    Claudette Colvin, who refused to move seats on a bus at start of civil rights movement, dies (opens Fox5 Atlanta)

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    Claudette Colvin, arrested at 15 years old for refusing to give up her bus seat, helped spark the civil rights movement.

  4. The Guardian

    Claudette Colvin, US civil rights pioneer arrested for not giving up bus seat, dies aged 86 (opens The Guardian)

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    Colvin refused to give up seat to white woman in Alabama in 1955, nine months before Rosa Parks’ act of defiance

  5. Delaware Public Media

    Claudette Colvin was a civil rights pioneer. She died this week at 86 (opens Delaware Public Media)

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    In 1955, 15-year-old Claudette Colvin, a student from a Black high school in Montgomery, Ala., refused to move from her bus seat. The forgotten civil rights activist died this week.

  6. Salon

    Claudette Colvin, pioneering civil rights activist, dies at 86 (opens Salon)

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    Before Rosa Parks made civil rights history, a defiant teen refused to give up her seat on a Montgomery bus.

  7. WMUR

    Claudette Colvin, early civil rights pioneer, dies at 86 (opens WMUR)

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    Claudette Colvin was arrested in Montgomery in 1955 at age 15 for refusing to give up her bus seat and was a plaintiff in the case that ended bus segregation.

  8. The Boston Globe

    Claudette Colvin, who refused to move seats on bus at start of civil rights movement, has died (opens The Boston Globe)

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    Colvin's arrest helped spark the modern civil rights movement, and months later, Rosa Parks gained international fame for also refusing to give up her seat on a segregated bus.

  9. CBS News

    Claudette Colvin, civil rights champion arrested for not giving up bus seat in Alabama, dies at 86 (opens CBS News)

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    In 1955, at the age of 15, Claudette Colvin refused to give up her seat on a bus in Montgomery, Alabama, nine months before Rosa Parks' act of defiance.

  10. Deutsche Welle

    US civil rights icon Claudette Colvin dies, aged 86 (opens Deutsche Welle)

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    Claudette Colvin's refusal to give up her seat on a segregated bus in Alabama in 1955 was a key moment in the US civil rights movement. "History had me glued to that seat," she later said.

  11. WSVN Miami

    Claudette Colvin, who refused to move seats on a bus at start of civil rights movement, dies at 86 - WSVN 7News | Miami News, Weather, Sports (opens WSVN Miami)

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    MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) — Claudette Colvin, whose 1955 arrest for refusing to give up her seat on a segregated Montgomery bus helped spark the modern

  12. Al Jazeera

    Unsung US civil rights pioneer Claudette Colvin dies, aged 86 (opens Al Jazeera)

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    Colvin’s arrest for not giving up her seat on a segregated bus helped ignite the modern civil rights movement.

  13. Los Angeles Times

    Claudette Colvin, who refused to give up her seat on a bus at start of civil rights movement, dies at 86 (opens Los Angeles Times)

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    Civil rights pioneer Claudette Colvin has died

  14. Black Enterprise

    Rest Well, Queen! Civil Rights Pioneer Claudette Colvin Dead At 86 (opens Black Enterprise)

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    Claudette Colvin, who was 15 when she refused to give up her bus seat in 1955, helped lay the foundation for the Civil Rights Movement.

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