Claudette Colvin

Claudette Colvin was an American pioneer of the 1950s civil rights movement and nurse aide. On March 2, 1955, she was arrested at the age of 15 in Montgomery,... Wikipedia

• Born:  Claudette Austin, September 5, 1939, Montgomery, Alabama, U.S.
• Age at death:  86 years
• Died:  January 13, 2026, Texas, U.S.
• Occupation:  Civil rights activist, nurse aide
• Years active:  1969–2004 (as nurse aide)
• Era:  Civil rights movement (1954–1968)
• Known for:  Arrested at the age of 15 in Montgomery, Alabama for refusing to give up her seat to a white woman on a segregated bus, nine months before the similar Rosa Parks incident.
• Children:  2
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