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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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Remembering Claudette Colvin, an overlooked civil rights hero who helped end bus segregation as a teen

At age 15, Claudette Colvin refused to give up her seat on a segregated bus, months before Rosa Parks.

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Claudette Colvin, key figure in civil rights movement, dies at 86

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Claudette Colvin, pioneering civil rights activist, dies at 86

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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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Earliest recording of MLK dream speech captured in Shreveport

As we approach February and Black History Month, Shreveport historians are highlighting the city's role in civil rights history. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. delivered his famous

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‘Just Like Selma’ hymn project aims to help churches recall King, mark Black History Month

The new song’s composer thought it could be a way to again hear from Black churches, collectively, about civil rights.

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

Mississippi is steeped in Black history and culture, from Civil Rights sites that spurred national change to the delta -the birthplace of the blues.

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During Black History Month, civil rights activists reflect on pattern of change after tragedy

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. — Church administrator Lemar Washington says 16th Street Baptist Church has a powerful history. “This church was organized in 1873 as the first colored church in Birmingham,” Washington said. Its history is also painful. “During ...

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'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 ...

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Engines of the Black power movement : essays on the influence of civil rights actions, arts, and Islam / edited by James L. Conyers, Jr

The spiral group : defining African American art during the civil rights movement / Sharon Pruitt -- Jazz musicians in Europe : 1919 to 1945 / Larry Ross -- Black power, Chicago politics, and social movements : what have we learned? / Elice Rogers -- A ...