Claudette Colvin
Twice Toward Justice
New York : Melanie Kroupa Books, [2009]
Format: Book
Edition: First edition.
Description: 133 pages : illustrations ; 24 x 22 cm
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.
Contents:
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.
Subjects:
Colvin, Claudette, 1939- -- Teen literature.
African Americans -- Alabama -- Montgomery -- Biography -- Teen literature.
African American civil rights workers -- Alabama -- Montgomery -- Biography -- Teen literature.
African American teenage girls -- Alabama -- Montgomery -- Biography -- Teen literature.
African Americans -- Segregation -- Alabama -- Montgomery -- History -- Teen literature.
Segregation in transportation -- Alabama -- Montgomery -- History -- Teen literature.
Montgomery (Ala.) -- Biography -- Teen literature.
Montgomery (Ala.) -- Race relations -- History -- 20th century -- Teen literature.
Colvin, Claudette, 1939- -- Teen literature.
African Americans -- Alabama -- Montgomery -- Biography -- Teen literature.
African American civil rights workers -- Alabama -- Montgomery -- Biography -- Teen literature.
African American teenage girls -- Alabama -- Montgomery -- Biography -- Teen literature.
African Americans -- Segregation -- Alabama -- Montgomery -- History -- Teen literature.
Segregation in transportation -- Alabama -- Montgomery -- History -- Teen literature.
Montgomery (Ala.) -- Biography -- Teen literature.
Montgomery (Ala.) -- Race relations -- History -- 20th century -- Teen literature.
Target Audience: 1000L
ISBN:
9780374313227
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Call Number | Location | Shelf Location | Status |
T BIOGRAPHY Colvin, Claudette | Cooper (Forest Acres) | Teen Biography | In |
T BIOGRAPHY Colvin, Claudette | North Main | Teen Biography | In |
T BIOGRAPHY Colvin | Northeast Indoors | Teen Biography | In |
T BIOGRAPHY Colvin, Claudette | Sandhills Indoors | Teen Biography | In |
T BIOGRAPHY Colvin, Claudette | Southeast | Teen Biography | Out (Due: 4/8/2024) |
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
John Newbery Medal Honor, 2010.
National Book Award for Young People's Literature, 2009.
John Newbery Medal Honor, 2010.
National Book Award for Young People's Literature, 2009.