Rest Well, Queen! Civil Rights Pioneer Claudette Colvin Dead At 86 Jan 14, 2026 · Kandiss Edwards · blackenterprise.com read more » In 1955, when she was 15 years old, Colvin was arrested in Montgomery, Alabama, for refusing to give up her seat to a white passenger on a segregated city bus. Her act of defiance came nine months before Rosa Parks' action. Read more »