BURTONSVILLE, Md. – John J. “Bunny” Colvin, III, left this life on Jan. 30, 2026. He was born Dec. 25, 1944, in Portland, to John J. Colvin, Jr. and Helen Morris Colvin. He was a 1963 graduate of ...

Roosevelt Colvin was born on October 14, 1952, in Stuttgart, Arkansas. He departed this life on January 5, 2026, in the comfort of his own home. Roosevelt was employed by Producers Rice Mill for over ...

As a teenager, Colvin challenged Montgomery’s segregation law and prevailed. On a March day in 1955, 15-year-old Claudette Colvin boarded a segregated city bus in Montgomery, Alabama. Under Jim Crow ...

Fayetteville, North Carolina is readying for heavy snow and impacts from a major winter storm set to hit the Southeast this weekend. Fayetteville Mayor Mitch Colvin joins FOX Weather to talk about the ...

Claudette Colvin was remembered at her funeral Saturday as a hero in life, and not just for her stance against Montgomery's segregation rules from the mid-1950s when she was just a teenager. Colvin ...

Claudette Colvin, a key figure in the civil rights movement, died at age 86 on Tuesday, and now the family has shared her funeral arrangements. Colvin was arrested in Montgomery at just 15 years old ...

History often remembers movements by their most recognizable moments. It less often remembers the teenagers who moved first. Family and friends mourn the loss of Claudette Colvin, who is famous for ...

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (WSFA) - Funeral arrangements have been made for Civil Rights pioneer Claudette Colvin, who passed away Tuesday at 86 years old. Colvin’s family, along with the Claudette Colvin ...

This is read by an automated voice. Please report any issues or inconsistencies here. Civil rights pioneer Claudette Colvin, arrested at 15 for refusing to give up her bus seat in 1955, died at 86.

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. Her death was announced Tuesday ...

Claudette Colvin, whose refusal to move to the back of a Montgomery, Alabama, bus as a teenager preceded the better-known efforts of Rosa Parks by less than a year, has died. She was 86. "It is with ...