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Claudette Colvin, whose arrest helped spark civil rights movement, dies at 86
Claudette Colvin, whose arrest helped spark civil rights movement, dies at 86
Claudette Colvin, whose arrest helped spark civil rights movement, dies at 86

Published on: 01/13/2026

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FILE - Claudette Colvin answers a question at a news conference after she filed paperwork to have her juvenile record expunged as she sits next to her former attorney, Fred Gray, Oct. 26, 2021, in Montgomery, Ala.

WASHINGTON — 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. She was 86.

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