Claudette Colvin

<p><b>NATIONAL BOOK AWARD WINNER AND NEWBERY HONOR BOOK ● Before Rosa Parks there was 15-year-old Claudette Colvin. Read the first in-depth account of an important yet largely unknown civil rights figure in this multi-award winning mega-selling biography from the incomparable Phillip Hoose. </b> <p/><i>When it comes to justice there is no easy way to get it. You can't sugarcoat it. You have to take a stand and say 'This is not right.' --Claudette Colvin</i> <p/>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. 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. Undaunted a year later she dared to challenge segregation again as a key plaintiff in Browder v. Gayle the landmark case that struck down the segregation laws of Montgomery and swept away the legal underpinnings of the Jim Crow South. <p/>Based on extensive interviews with Claudette Colvin and many others Phillip Hoose presents the first major biography of a remarkable civil rights hero skillfully weaving her riveting story into the fabric of the historic Montgomery bus boycott and court case that would change the course of American history. <p/>Awards and Praise for<i> Claudette Colvin: Twice Toward Justice</i><br>National Book Award Winner<br>A Newbery Honor Book<br>A YALSA Award for Excellence in Nonfiction for Young Adults Finalist<br>A Robert F. Sibert Honor Book<br>Amazon.com 100 Biographies and Memoirs to Read in a Lifetime <p/><b>Hoose's book based in part on interviews with Colvin and people who knew her--finally gives her the credit she deserves. </b>--<i>The New York Times Book Review</i> <p/><b>Claudette's eloquent bravery is unforgettable.</b> --<i>The Wall Street Journal</i> <p/>★ <b>This inspiring title shows the incredible difference that a single young person can make. </b>--<i>Booklist</i> <b>starred review</b></p>