Unsung civil rights hero Claudette Colvin dies at 86
The civil rights movement’s unsung heroine has passed away, her story a powerful reminder that history often overlooks its youngest warriors. Claudette Colvin, who at 15 sparked a legal battle that would dismantle segregated transportation across America, died of natural causes in southeast Texas at age 86. Her act of resistance on a Montgomery bus […]
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