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Civil Rights Pioneer Claudette Colvin Dies

Claudette Colvin, US civil rights pioneer, dead at 86: foundation

Claudette Colvin, who refused to give up her seat on a segregated bus in Alabama in 1955 and became a US civil rights pioneer, has died aged 86, her foundation said Tuesday.

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

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Unsung US civil rights pioneer Claudette Colvin dies, aged 86

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Claudette Colvin, who challenged Alabama’s segregation laws, dies at 86

Claudette Colvin, whose challenge to Alabama’s segregation laws nine months before Rosa Parks provided a spark for the modern Civil Rights Movement, died on Tuesday.

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Claudette Colvin, US civil rights pioneer, dies at 86

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Civil rights hero Claudette Colvin dies at age 86

Trump Says Civil Rights Act hurt white people

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Trump Says Civil Rights Led to White People Being ‘Very Badly Treated’

President Trump said in an interview that he believed civil rights-era protections resulted in white people being “very badly treated,” his strongest indication that the concept of “reverse discrimina...

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Trump says DEI, civil rights policies hurt white people. Do they?

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What Trump had to say about white people and the Civil Rights Act

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Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. birthday celebration to focus on women in movement featuring Historian Dr. Traci Parker

BLOOMINGTON – The resident-led Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Birthday Celebration Commission will host its Annual Commemoration on Monday, January 19 at 6 p.m. at

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'This is a part of me': 60 years of African American history on display in Opa-locka

Ernest C. Withers was an African-American photojournalist who documented over 60 years of African-American history in the South. He's revered in the civil rights movement, as his photographs documented and shaped the visual narrative of the era. Martin ...

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21 Civil Rights Activists Who Changed And Will Change History

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Sughnen Yongo is a Midwest writer covering Black women, pop culture. Apr 10, 2025, 12:05pm EDT Martin Luther King waves to supporters during the "March on Washington," where King ...

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'We will not let our history be erased:' Civil Rights vets share lessons with educators

WASHINGTON ‒ As some educators pull back from teaching Black history, college professor Kijua Sanders-McMurtry is taking a different path. This summer, during a conference break, she typed furiously on a syllabus for a course she's teaching this fall on ...

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Ep 7, Rhythm and Blues and the Civil Rights Movement

Rhythm and Blues wasn’t just a genre—it was a powerful force in the fight for civil rights. In this episode of The Cause: Conversations on Music, History, and Democracy, Dr. Reiland Rabaka explores how R&B artists used their music to challenge ...