The Miami Valley School Library

Claudette Colvin :

Hoose, Phillip M., 1947-

Claudette Colvin : twice toward justice / by Phillip Hoose. - 1st ed. - New York : Melanie Kroupa Books/Farrar Straus Giroux, 2009. - 133 pages : illustrations ; 24 x 22 cm

Includes bibliographical references (pages 109-121) and index.

First cry: Jim Crow and the detested number ten -- Coot -- "We seemed to hate ourselves" -- "It's my constitutional right!" -- "There's the girl who got arrested" -- "Crazy" times -- "Another Negro woman has been arrested" -- Second front, second chance -- Playing for keeps: Browder v. Gayle -- Rage in Montgomery -- History's door.

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.

Young Adult. 1000 Lexile.

9780374313227 0374313229

2008005435

F334.M753 / C6554 2009

323.092 HOO

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