"I think if we pass the baton then the young people can take it from there," said Gloria Laster, Colvin's youngest sister, ...
Claudette Colvin was remembered at her funeral Saturday as a hero in life, and not just for her stance against Montgomery's ...
FILE - Claudette Colvin answers a question at a news conference after she filed paperwork to have her juvenile record expunged as she sits next to her former attorney, Fred Gray, Oct. 26, 2021, in ...
Claudette Colvin, widely considered an unsung hero of the American civil rights movement, has died at age 86. “To us, she was ...
A historic New York church is set to hold a special tribute service honoring Claudette Colvin, who refused to give up her bus ...
Claudette Colvin, who refused to give up her seat on a segregated bus in Alabama in 1955 and became a civil rights icon, has died aged 86.
On a March day in 1955, 15-year-old Claudette Colvin boarded a segregated city bus in Montgomery, Alabama. Under Jim Crow ...
The New Orleans RTA is offering free streetcar, bus and ferry rides all day Wednesday, Feb. 4, in honor of activists who ...
The thievery, the homicide and/or the decimation of all things Black continue as one of the saddest and longest chapters of ...
Claudette Colvin, a civil rights pioneer whose 1955 arrest for refusing to give up her seat on a segregated bus helped ignite the modern civil rights movement, has died at age 86, her foundation ...
Claudette Colvin’s bold stand comes into focus during Black History Month, highlighting young activists who helped shape the fight for civil rights.
NEW ORLEANS — Riders can take the bus, streetcar or ferry for free Wednesday, Feb. 4, as the New Orleans Regional Transit Authority (RTA) marks Transit Equity Day.