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Claudette Colvin (2009) (edit title/settings)

Twice Toward Justice

by Phillip M. Hoose (Author) (edit contributors)

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Hoose, P. (2009). Claudette Colvin: Twice toward justice. New York, NY: Melanie Kroupa Books/Farrar Straus & Giroux.

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On March 2, 1955, an impassioned teenager, fed up with the daily injustices of Jim Crow segregation, refused to give her seat to a white woman on a segregated bus in Montgomery, Alabama. Instead of being celebrated as Rosa Parks would be just nine months later,... read more (warning: may contain spoilers)

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On March 2, 1955, an impassioned teenager, fed up with the daily injustices of Jim Crow segregation, refused to give her seat to a white woman on a segregated bus in Montgomery, Alabama. Instead of being celebrated as Rosa Parks would be just nine months later, fifteen-year-old Claudette Colvin found herself shunned by her classmates and dismissed by community leaders. Undaunted, a year later she dared to challenge segregation again as a key plaintiff in Browder v. Gayle, the landmark case that struck down the segregation laws of Montgomery and swept away the legal underpinnings of the Jim Crow South.

Based on extensive interviews with Claudette Colvin and many others, Phillip Hoose presents the first in-depth account of an important yet largely unknown civil rights figure, skillfully weaving her dramatic story into the fabric of the historic Montgomery bus boycott and court case that would change the course of American history.
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  1. Phillip M. Hoose (Author)

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Original Language: English
Publisher: Melanie Kroupa Books/Farrar, Straus & Giroux
Country: USA
Publication Date: 2009
ISBN: 9780374313227
Page Count: 133

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Reading Level: Ages 9-12

Grade/Reading Level: 6.8 Interest Level: Grades 6-8

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  • StoryCorps: This is a voice recording of Claudette Colvin. She tells a poignant story to illustrate race relations when she was a young girl.

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