claudette colvin twice toward justice by phillip hoose

Undaunted, a year later she dared to challenge segregation again as a key plaintiff in Browder v. Instead of being celebrated as Rosa Parks would be just nine months later, fifteen-year-old Claudette Colvin found herself shunned by her classmates and dismissed by community leaders. 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. You have to take a stand and say, 'This is not right.'' - Claudette Colvin

Gayle, the landmark case that struck down the segregation laws of Montgomery and swept away the legal underpinnings of the Jim Crow South.īased 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.'When it comes to justice, there is no easy way to get it. Undaunted, a year later she dared to challenge segregation again as a key plaintiff in Browder v. You have to take a stand and say, ‘This is not right.’” – Claudette Colvin Publisher’s synopsis: “When it comes to justice, there is no easy way to get it. Publisher: Farrar, Straus and Giroux (BYR) 1 edition (January 20, 2009) I haven’t had the opportunity to read this book, however, I thought I’d share the publisher’s synopsis …

By Bianca Schulze, The Children’s Book ReviewĬongratulations to Phillip Hoose, the winner of the 2009 National Book Award, in the Young People’s Literature category.

Claudette colvin twice toward justice by phillip hoose