Claudette Colvin: Twice Toward Justice
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| Rating | : | 4.30 (837 Votes) |
| Asin | : | B0030EY8BK |
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| Number of Pages | : | 333 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2015-12-25 |
| Language | : | English |
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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. "Claudette Colvin" is the 2009 National Book Award Winner for Young People's Literature and a 2010 Newbery Honor Book.. ""When it comes to justice, there is no easy way to get it. You can't sugarcoat it. You have to take a stand and say, 'This is not right.'" - Claudette Colvin"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-yea
"Claudette Colvin, little known, never 2 be Claudette Colvin, little known, never 2 be 4-gotten. P. Andersen Little known piece of American history, at least unknown to myself.I'd never heard of Claudette Colvin, she was a 14 year old girl, who refused to give up HER seat before Rosa Parks.Loads of black and white photos depicting the south of the 1950's and current photo's of Claudette Colvin and the author in the Afterword.This should be in EVERY home with children 8 years and older and definitely in elementary classrooms.This book has won The National book a. -gotten." according to P. Andersen. Little known piece of American history, at least unknown to myself.I'd never heard of Claudette Colvin, she was a 1Claudette Colvin, little known, never 2 be 4-gotten. P. Andersen Little known piece of American history, at least unknown to myself.I'd never heard of Claudette Colvin, she was a 14 year old girl, who refused to give up HER seat before Rosa Parks.Loads of black and white photos depicting the south of the 1950's and current photo's of Claudette Colvin and the author in the Afterword.This should be in EVERY home with children 8 years and older and definitely in elementary classrooms.This book has won The National book a. year old girl, who refused to give up HER seat before Rosa Parks.Loads of black and white photos depicting the south of the 1950's and current photo's of Claudette Colvin and the author in the Afterword.This should be in EVERY home with children 8 years and older and definitely in elementary classrooms.This book has won The National book a. What a great find! Dienne Why, oh why, is this book - not to mention its subject - so obscure? I'm 40 years old, liberal and fairly well versed on the civil rights era, yet I'd never heard of Claudette Colvin or had any clue that anyone did what Rosa Parks did before Rosa Parks did it. In fact, as I learned from this book, Rosa Parks' role, while vitally important, was really just a formality because anger over the bus segregation was already simmering madly due in part to the ac. An excellent and in-depth book for both young and adult readers. The author went to great lengths to gain truthful accounts and information before writing this book. The book is written simultaneously in the author's narration and in Claudette Colvin's own words, and they are organized for easy distinction.To give away some of the book:Most everyone has heard of Rosa Parks who was told to relinquish her seat to a white passenger on a public bus, of which she refused. However, before Rosa Parks there were two similar i
All rights reserved. Grade 6 Up—In Montgomery, AL, in March 1955, 15-year-old Colvin refused to give up her bus seat to a white passenger. His book puts Colvin back into the historical record, combining her reminiscences with narrative about her life and the tumultuous events of the boycott. Colvin was left with a police record and soon faced the additional problems of an unwed pregnancy and expulsion from school. From School Library Journal Starred Review. Hoose, who had been curious about the often-unidentified teen