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Civil rights hero Claudette Colvin dies

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

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.

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Claudette Colvin, who helped spark the civil rights movement, has died

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Claudette Colvin, civil rights trailblazer, dies at 86

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Civil rights hero Claudette Colvin dies at age 86

Claudette Colvin, a woman whose efforts against segregation on Montgomery's city buses predates even the iconic Rosa Parks, has died at age 86.

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Claudette Colvin, Who Refused to Move Seats on a Bus at Start of Civil Rights Movement, Dies at 86

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US civil rights pioneer Claudette Colvin dead at 86

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Claudette Colvin, pioneering civil rights activist, dies at 86

Very nearly forgotten by history, Colvin was 15 years old in 1955 when she refused to give up her seat on a Montgomery, Alabama bus.

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Claudette Colvin, US civil rights pioneer arrested for not giving up bus seat, dies aged 86

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Claudette Colvin, US civil rights pioneer, dead at 86: foundation

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2026 Marks The 100th Anniversary Of Black History Month — A Brief History

Black Americans. What began in 1926 has grown into an overall cultural observance of Black History in February

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Mississippi has rich Black history. See Civil Rights sites, where blues music was born

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USA Today

'We will not let our history be erased:' Civil Rights vets share lessons with educators

WASHINGTON ‒ As some educators pull back from teaching Black history, college professor Kijua Sanders-McMurtry is taking a different path. This summer, during a conference break, she typed furiously on a syllabus for a course she's teaching this fall on ...

Forbes

21 Civil Rights Activists Who Changed And Will Change History

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Sughnen Yongo is a Midwest writer covering Black women, pop culture. Apr 10, 2025, 12:05pm EDT Martin Luther King waves to supporters during the "March on Washington," where King ...

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Must-visit civil rights destinations in the US

The fight for American civil rights spanned decades, cities and states, from Topeka, Kansas to Memphis, Tennessee and from Atlanta, Georgia to Selma, Alabama and all the way to our nation’s capital in Washington, D.C. Many U.S. cities played pivotal ...

USA Today

Civil rights leaders rally around National Museum of African American History

WASHINGTON ‒ A coalition of civil rights leaders kicked off a weeklong campaign to rally around the national African American museum and push back against what it calls efforts by the Trump administration to erase Black history. “We should be clear ...