Displaying 1 of 1 2011 Title: Claudette Colvin : twice toward justice Author: Hoose, Phillip M., 1947- Edition: First Square Fish edition Format: Book Publisher, Date: New York : Square Fish, 2011, ©2009. Description: 150 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm. Summary: Presents the life of the Alabama teenager who played an integral role in the Montgomery bus strike, once by refusing to give up a bus seat, and again, by becoming a plaintiff in the landmark civil rights case against the bus company. Audience: 1000 Lexile. Subjects: Colvin, Claudette, 1939- -- Juvenile literature. Colvin, Claudette, 1939- African Americans -- Alabama -- Montgomery -- Biography -- Juvenile literature. African American civil rights workers -- Alabama -- Montgomery -- Biography -- Juvenile literature. African American teenage girls -- Alabama -- Montgomery -- Biography -- Juvenile literature. African Americans -- Segregation -- Alabama -- Montgomery -- History -- Juvenile literature. Segregation in transportation -- Alabama -- Montgomery -- History -- Juvenile literature. Montgomery (Ala.) -- Biography -- Juvenile literature. Montgomery (Ala.) -- Race relations -- History -- 20th century -- Juvenile literature. Montgomery (Ala.) -- Biography. Montgomery (Ala.) -- Race relations -- History -- 20th century. Genre: Biographies. Reading Level: Accelerated Reader AR MG 6.8 5.0 Contents: 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 -- Browder v. Gayle -- Rage in Montgomery -- History's door. ISBN 9780312661052 Place Hold Add to My List Expand All | Collapse All Find It Map It Suggestions and more Large Cover Image Librarian's View Displaying 1 of 1
