Claudette Colvin twice toward justice

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 chang...

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Main Author: Hoose, Phillip M., 1947-
Format: Books Print Book
Language:English
Published: New York : Melanie Kroupa Books, 2009.
Edition:1st ed.
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100 1 |a Hoose, Phillip M.,  |d 1947- 
245 1 0 |a Claudette Colvin :  |b twice toward justice /  |c by Phillip Hoose. 
250 |a 1st ed. 
260 |a New York :  |b Melanie Kroupa Books,  |c 2009. 
300 |a 133 p. :  |b ill. ;  |c 24 x 22 cm. 
504 |a Includes bibliographical references (p. [113]-121) and index. 
586 |a Newbery Honor Book, 2010. 
586 |a National Book Award Winner--Seal on dust jkt. 
586 |a Robert F. Sibert Informational Book Honor, 2010. 
505 0 |a 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. 
520 |a 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. 
600 1 0 |a Colvin, Claudette,  |d 1939- 
650 0 |a African Americans  |z Alabama  |v Biography. 
650 0 |a African American civil rights workers  |v Biography. 
650 0 |a Teenage girls  |z Alabama  |z Montgomery  |v Biography. 
650 0 |a African Americans  |x Segregation  |x History  |y 20th century. 
651 0 |a Montgomery (Ala.)  |v Biography. 
651 0 |a Montgomery (Ala.)  |x Race relations. 
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