Displaying 1 of 1 2009 Title: Claudette Colvin : twice toward justice / by Phillip Hoose. Format: Book Author: Hoose, Phillip M., 1947- Edition: 1st ed. Publisher, Date: New York : Melanie Kroupa Books/Farrar Straus Giroux, 2009. Description: 133 p. : ill. ; 24 x 22 cm. Summary: 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. 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. African Americans -- Alabama -- Montgomery -- Biography. African American civil rights workers -- Alabama -- Montgomery -- Biography. Teenage girls -- Alabama -- Montgomery -- Biography. African Americans -- Segregation -- History. Montgomery (Ala.) -- Biography -- Juvenile literature. Montgomery (Ala.) -- Race relations -- History -- 20th century -- Juvenile literature. Montgomery (Ala.) -- Biography. Montgomery (Ala.) -- Race relations. Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [109]-121) and index. Accelerated Reader/Renaissance Learning MG 6.8 5. Newbery Honor Book, 2010 National Book Award Winner--Seal on dust jkt Robert F. Sibert Informational Book Honor, 2010 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. Web Site: Table of contents only Contributor biographical information Publisher description Sample text Contributor biographical information Web Link Contributor biographical information Publisher description LCCN: 2008005435 ISBN: 9780374313227 (hbk.) 0374313229 (hbk.) Other Number: 212627066 Control Number: 1288391 Total Owned in SHARE 110 # Available: 107 Current Holds: 0 # Local items: 1 # Local items in: 1 Course Reserves: 0 Request It Please select and request a specific volume by clicking one of the icons in the 'Available?' section below. Add to My List Share Expand All | Collapse All Available? Map It Suggestions and more Large Cover Image Librarian's View Displaying 1 of 1
