Claudette Colvin, who helped spark the civil rights movement by refusing to move bus seats, has died at the age of 86

WASHINGTON (AP) — Claudette Colvin, whose 1955 arrest for refusing to give up her seat on a segregated Montgomery bus helped ignite the modern civil rights movement, has died. She was 86 years old.

Her death was announced Tuesday by the Claudette Colvin Legacy Foundation. The organization’s Ashley D. Roseboro confirmed that she died in Texas.

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Colvin was arrested months before Rosa Parks gained international fame before she refused to give up her seat on a segregated bus.

A bus driver called the police on March 2, 1955, to complain about two black girls sitting too close to two white girls in violation of segregation laws. A police report said one of the black girls moved toward the rear when asked, but Colvin refused and was arrested. She was 15 years old at the time.

Colvin became a named plaintiff in the landmark lawsuit that banned segregation on Montgomery buses.