Claudette Colvin

Name: Claudette Colvin: Twice Toward Justice
ISBN: 9780374313227

Twice Toward Justice

Phillip M. Hoose

2009·133 pages·Nonfiction·children

Biography Historical Fiction

class and inequality coming of age gritty hidden past hopeful justice

★ National Book Award (2009) · Winner Newbery Medal (2010) · Nominee

On March 2, 1955, 15-year-old Claudette Colvin refused to give up her bus seat to a white passenger. In her own words, Claudette gives a detailed look at segregated life in 1950s Memphis and the start of the civil rights movement.

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Claudette Colvin

Twice Toward Justice

Phillip M. Hoose

★ National Book Award (2009) · Winner Newbery Medal (2010) · Nominee

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2009

Pages

133

Type

Nonfiction

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children

Biography Historical Fiction History & Politics

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