Claudette Colvin, unsung civil rights pioneer, dies at 86
Claudette Colvin, Unsung Civil Rights Pioneer, Dies at 86 Claudette Colvin, a pivotal figure in the civil rights movement who defied segregation on public transportation in 1955, has passed away at the age of 86. Her courageous act of resistance occurred nine months before Rosa Parks’ famous refusal to give up her seat on a…
