Claudette Colvin :

Hoose, Phillip M., 1947-

Claudette Colvin : twice toward justice / by Phillip Hoose. - 1st Square Fish ed. - New York : Square Fish, 2011, c2009. - 150 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.

Originally published: New York : Melanie Kroupa Books, c2009.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [125]-128) and index.

Presents the life of the Alabama teenager who played an integral role in the Montgomery bus strike, once by refusing to give up a bus seat, and again, by becoming a plaintiff in the landmark civil rights case against the bus company.

1000 Lexile.

9780312661052 (pbk.) : $9.99 0312661053 (pbk.) : $9.99


Colvin, Claudette, 1939-


African Americans--Montgomery (Ala.)--Biography.
Civil rights--Montgomery (Ala.)--Biography.
African Americans--Civil rights--History.--Montgomery (Ala.)
Segregation in transportation--History.--Montgomery (Ala.)
Women--Biography.


Montgomery (Ala.)--Biography.
Montgomery (Ala.)--Race relations--History.

F334.M753 / C6554 2011

323.092 B