Unsung US civil rights pioneer Claudette Colvin dies, aged 86
Colvin’s arrest for not giving up her seat on a segregated bus helped ignite the modern civil rights movement.
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Colvin’s arrest for not giving up her seat on a segregated bus helped ignite the modern civil rights movement.
![Claudette Colvin was a pioneer of the modern civil rights movement in the United States [File: Julie Jacobson/AP]](/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/AP21298745524844-1768353741.jpg?resize=770%2C513&quality=80)








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