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Montgomery bus boycott
Claudette Colvin, renowned civil rights activist who refused to give up bus seat to White woman, dies aged 86
Claudette Colvin, the American civil rights pioneer who first refused to give up her seat on a bus before Rosa Parks, passed away on Tuesday at the age of 86. Ashley Roseboro, a spokesperson for Colvin’s family and the Claudette Colvin Foundation, confirmed that she died in Texas while under hospice care, Reuters reported. As…
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