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Claudette Colvin, Who Refused to Give Her Bus Seat to a White Woman, Dies at 86 - The New York Times

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Claudette Colvin, a civil rights pioneer who refused to give up her bus seat to a white woman in 1955, has died at age 86. Her act of defiance helped spark the Montgomery Bus Boycott and the broader civil rights movement.

  1. Claudette Colvin, Who Refused to Give Her Bus Seat to a White Woman, Dies at 86  The New York Times
  2. Claudette Colvin, US civil rights pioneer, dies at 86  BBC
  3. Claudette Colvin, US civil rights pioneer arrested for not giving up bus seat, dies aged 86  The Guardian
  4. Claudette Colvin, who helped spark the civil rights movement, has died  NPR
  5. Claudette Colvin, who refused to move seats on a bus at start of civil rights movement, dies at 86  CNN

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