Claudette Colvin, who refused to move seats on a bus at start of civil rights movement, dies at 86
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Key Points:
- Claudette Colvin, who was arrested in 1955 for refusing to give up her seat on a segregated Montgomery bus and played a key role in sparking the civil rights movement, has died at age 86.
- Her death was confirmed by the Claudette Colvin Legacy Foundation, with the announcement made on Tuesday; she passed away in Texas.
- Colvin's arrest occurred months before Rosa Parks' more widely known protest, when she was 15 years old and refused to move from her seat despite segregation laws.
- She was one of the named plaintiffs in the landmark lawsuit that ultimately led to the desegregation of Montgomery’s buses.
