Claudette Colvin, whose refusal to move seats on a segregated bus helped spark the civil rights movement, dies at 86

WASHINGTON (AP) — Claudette Colvin, whose refusal to move seats on a segregated bus helped spark the civil rights movement, dies at 86.

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