Civil rights trailblazer Claudette Colvin has died. She was 86. In 1955, Colvin, at just 15 years old, was arrested for refusing to give up her seat on a segregated bus in Montgomery, Alabama. The incident occurred nine months before Rosa Parks gained international fame for refusing to give up her seat. The boycott that followed led to a federal lawsuit that outlawed racial segregation on Montgomery's buses, with Colvin serving as a plaintiff and star witness. "Most people ask, 'Why didn't you g

Claudette Colvin, a 15-year-old, was arrested for refusing to give up her seat on a segregated Montgomery, Alabama bus on #ThisDayInHistory in 1955, a full nine months before Rosa Parks. https://www.history.com/news/six-unsung-heroines-of-the-civil-rights-movement | HISTORY