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Rest in Power Claudette Colvin

She was 15 years old when she refused to give up her seat; and her courage helped change the law.

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Jan 22, 2026
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Claudette Colvin was only 15 when she refused to give up her seat on a segregated bus in Montgomery, Alabama…months before Rosa Parks. But her biggest impact came in Browder v. Gayle, the Supreme Cou…

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