Colvin, a lesser-known figure who took a stand against racial discrimination as a teenager in Montgomery, Alabama, has died ...

This article was originally published by Truthout. As Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) raids schools, states ban ...

Claudette Colvin, who defied bus segregation at 15 before Rosa Parks, has died at 86. Discover how her legacy shaped civil ...

“I think they [the NAACP] were looking for the right person,” Colvin explained why her actions did not spark the boycott, in 2015, “the face of the total movement.” ...

The Oregon Department of Corrections has agreed to pay $2.3 million to settle a wrongful death and negligence suit filed by ...

In 1955, at the age of 15, Claudette Colvin refused to give up her seat on a bus in Montgomery, Alabama, nine months before Rosa Parks' act of defiance.

Claudette Colvin, who as a teenager was arrested in 1955 after refusing to give up her seat on a segregated bus in Montgomery ...

St. Mary Parish is on the frontlines of a legal battle to end ongoing school desegregation cases dating back to the civil rights era.

A Cuban immigrant died in a Texas immigration detention facility earlier this month during an altercation with guards.

Claudette Colvin was just 15 years old when she refused to give up her bus seat in segregated Montgomery, Alabama. The post ...

As a 15-year-old, Colvin refused to move after a bus driver complained that she was sitting near two white girls in violation of segregation laws.

A 1976 court order reshaped Milwaukee schools, but segregation has endured. Fifty years later, leaders reflect on its legacy ...