Claudette Colvin, Who Paved Way for Rosa Parks, Dies at 86
January 18, 2026
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as posted by the channelClaudette Colvin, who as a teenager refused to give up her seat on a Montgomery, Alabama, bus months before Rosa Parks did the same, has died at 86. Sunday TODAY’s Willie Geist remembers a life well lived.
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