# RIP Claudette Colvin (from January 2026): The "Rosa Parks" nine months before Rosa Parks

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**Created:** [February 12, 2026, 7:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-claudette-colvin-from-january-2026-the-rosa-parks-nine-months-before-rosa-parks/1027626 "2026-02-12T19:25:59Z")\
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[Wiki.](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Claudette_Colvin). Historically just a footnote in the Montgomery Bus Boycott for various reasons. [NPR story from 2009.](https://www.npr.org/2009/03/15/101719889/before-rosa-parks-there-was-claudette-colvin)

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**Post date:** [February 13, 2026, 12:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-claudette-colvin-from-january-2026-the-rosa-parks-nine-months-before-rosa-parks/1027626/2 "2026-02-13T00:44:46Z")

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I was just reading about her recently, but now I can’t remember where it was.