Claudette Colvin

Title: Claudette Colvin: Twice Toward Justice
Author: Phillip Hoose
Genre: Nonfiction
ISBN: 0312661053
Copyright: 2010


The book Claudette Colvin: Twice Toward Justice is a book about Claudette Colvin, a young woman who refused to give up her bus seat to a white passenger in 1955 Alabama. It was later the same year that Rosa Parks started the famous Bus Boycott. Claudette Colvin is a fairly easy book to read, with most of the book being narrated by Claudette herself. There are many photos of the time period including photos of segregation, photos of what the buses looked like, photos of Claudette's life, and more. The book by Phillip Hoose has won many awards including: the Newberry Honor Book Award, the Robert F. Sibert Honor Book Award, National Book Award Winner, and it was a finalist in the Excellence in Young Adult Nonfiction. Similar books that may interest readers include: We Were There, Too!: Young People in U.S. History by Phillip Hoose.

A summary of Claudette Colvin's life from Biography.com:

"Claudette Colvin was born on September 5, 1939, in Montgomery, Alabama. On March 2, 1955, she refused to give up her bus seat to a white passenger. She was arrested and became one of four plaintiffs in Browder v. Gayle, which ruled that Montgomery's segregated bus system was unconstitutional. Colvin moved to New York City and worked as a nurse's aide. She retired in 2004."