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Claudette Colvin : twice toward justice
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Claudette Colvin : twice toward justice
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Presents an account of fifteen-year-old Claudette Colvin, an African-American girl who refused to give up her seat to a white woman on a segregated bus in Montgomery, Alabama, nine months before Rosa Parks, and covers her role in a crucial civil rights case.
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Title
Claudette Colvin : twice toward justice
Call No
92 COL
Edition
First edition.
Authors
Hoose, Phillip M., 1947-
Subjects
Colvin, Claudette, 1939-
Civil rights workers--Biography.
Teenagers--Biography.
Girls--Biography.
African Americans--Biography.
African Americans--Segregation--History.
Segregation in transportation.
Language
English
Published
New York : Melanie Kroupa Books, 2009
Publication Desc
133 pages : illustrations ;
ISBN
0374313229
LCCN
2008005435
Dimensions
24 cm.
Awards Note
National Book Award, 2010 Newbery Honor Book, 2010 Robert F. Sibert Honor Book, 2010 National Book Award for Young People's Literature, 2009 Carter G. Woodson Middle Award, 2010 Jane Addams Books for Older Children Honor, 2010