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Claudette Colvin, a 15-year-old civil rights activist who defied bus segregation in 1955, died at 86 in Texas.
Claudette Colvin, a civil rights pioneer who refused to give up her bus seat in Montgomery, Alabama, at age 15 in 1955—nine months before Rosa Parks—has died at 86.
Her act of defiance helped spark the Montgomery Bus Boycott and was a key part of the landmark case Browder v. Gayle, which led to the U.S. Supreme Court ruling that segregation on public buses was unconstitutional.
Though her role was long overshadowed, she is now recognized as a foundational figure in the fight for racial justice.
She passed away in Texas from natural causes on January 13, 2026.
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Claudette Colvin, una activista de derechos civiles de 15 años que desafió la segregación en los autobuses en 1955, murió a los 86 en Texas.