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@Nonilex@masto.ai  ·  activity timestamp 4 days ago

#ClaudetteColvin, who refused to give up her seat on a segregated Alabama bus 9 months before Rosa Parks made history, has died at 86.

#CivilRights #UShistory
https://apnews.com/article/claudette-colvin-died-a447e8e70f0decf2463565241179d11f?utm_source=onesignal&utm_medium=push&utm_campaign=2026-01-13-Civil+rights+pioneer

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Claudette Colvin, who refused to move seats on a bus at start of civil rights movement, dies at 86

Civil rights pioneer Claudette Colvin has died. She was 86. Her 1955 arrest for refusing to give up her seat on a segregated Montgomery bus helped spark the modern civil rights movement.
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