Claudette Colvin was just 15 years old when she refused to give up her bus seat in segregated Montgomery, Alabama. Her defiance came nine months before Rosa Parks, and it ultimately helped crack the ...

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. Her death ...

Claudette Colvin, photographed here in 1998, helped end segregation on public transportation. Dudley M. Brooks / The Washington Post via Getty Images Claudette Colvin, widely considered an unsung hero ...

Claudette Colvin, who as a teenager was arrested in 1955 after refusing to give up her seat on a segregated bus in Montgomery, Alabama, has died. Colvin’s act preceded the more famous case of Rosa ...

Claudette Colvin’s bold stand comes into focus during Black History Month, highlighting young activists who helped shape the fight for civil rights. A portrait of American civil rights activist ...

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. Her ...

History often remembers movements by their most recognizable moments. It less often remembers the teenagers who moved first. Family and friends mourn the loss of Claudette Colvin, who is famous for ...

When Claudette Colvin, an African American woman who was a pioneer in the Civil Rights Movement died last January, her death drew national attention to the important role she played in the Civil ...

Last week I heard a story on the radio about a woman who had just died — a woman who had made history. And yet, I had never heard of her. So I listened closely. Her name was Claudette Colvin. She died ...