Claudette Colvin, US civil rights pioneer, dies at 86

Claudette Colvin, who helped end racial segregation in the US by refusing to give up her bus seat to a white person, has died. She was 86 years old. Colvin’s protest, which led to her arrest, came in 1955 at the age of 15 while she was living in Montgomery, Alabama. It happened nine months [...] The post Claudette Colvin, US civil rights pioneer, dies at 86 appeared first on Kahawatungu .