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Story summary
- Claudette Colvin, a civil rights pioneer, died at 86 in Montgomery, Alabama.
- Claudette Colvin's refusal to surrender her bus seat on March 2, 1955, nine months before Rosa Parks, challenged segregation and spurred the Montgomery Bus Boycott.
- Claudette Colvin was a plaintiff in Browder v. Gayle, which desegregated public transportation.
- Montgomery Mayor Steven Reed acknowledged her significant impact on the civil rights movement.
- Memorial details will be announced later.
