Claudette Colvin, who refused to move seats on a bus at start of civil rights movement, dies at 86

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By KIMBERLY CHANDLER, Associated Press

MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) — Claudette Colvin, whose 1955 arrest for refusing to give up her seat on a segregated Montgomery bus helped spark the modern civil rights movement, has died. She was 86.

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