Claudette Colvin, civil rights icon arrested for not giving up bus seat, dies at 86

In 1955, at the age of 15, Claudette Colvin refused to give up her seat on a bus in Montgomery, Alabama, nine months before ...
WGRZ

NFTA dedicates bus seats to Rosa Parks, celebrating civil rights icon

BUFFALO, N.Y. — For the first time, the NFTA is honoring Rosa Parks by reserving a seat in her name on all 300+ buses and paratransit. On every NFTA bus, a sign now marks a seat for Rosa Parks. It was ...
Public Broadcasting Service (PBS)

Claudette Colvin, who helped spark civil rights movement by refusing to move bus seats, dies at 86

Colvin was arrested months before Rosa Parks gained international fame before refusing to give up her seat on a segregated ...

Civil rights icon who refused to move seats on bus dies at 86

Claudette Colvin: Civil rights icon who refused to move seats on segregated bus dies at 86 - Colvin's act of defiance occurred months before Rosa Parks gained international recognition for a similar s ...
The News-Herald

Laketran, Geauga Transit reserve front seats on buses to recognize Rosa Parks

Born on Feb. 4, 1913, in Tuskegee, Alabama, Parks became a symbol of resistance and civil disobedience when she defiantly refused to surrender her seat to a white passenger on a segregated city bus in ...