"It is with profound sadness that the Claudette Colvin Foundation and family announce the passing of Claudette Colvin, a beloved mother, grandmother, and civil rights pioneer. She leaves behind a legacy of courage that helped change the course of American history," the family's statement, shared via her foundation's website, began.
Colvin was born in September 1939 in Montgomery, Alabama. She became a pioneer of the Civil Rights movement from an early age. At just 15, Colvin was arrested for refusing to give up her seat to a white woman on a segregated bus, nine months before Rosa Parks.
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