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Who was Claudette Colvin? Most people know that Rosa Parks refused to give up her bus seat to a white person and helped stop segregation on buses in Alabama, but did you know that Claudette Colvin did the same thing when she was only 15? And she did it BEFORE Rosa Parks? Twice Toward Justice is Claudette’s story: part memoir, part historical account, the text alternates between Claudette’s own words and the author’s explanations of background figures and events. The table of contents makes finding information quick and easy. Montgomery (Ala.) - Race relations - History - 20th century - Juvenile literature.This is a 110-page Common Core aligned complete book unit for the nonfiction text, Claudette Colvin: Twice Toward Justice by Phillip Hoose. This book study teaching unit has everything that you will need to teach and assess the novel.

Montgomery (Ala.) - Biography - Juvenile literature. Segregation in transportation - Alabama - Montgomery - History - Juvenile literature.

Library of Congress Subject Headings for this publication:Ĭolvin, Claudette, 1939- Juvenile literature.Īfrican Americans - Alabama - Montgomery - Biography - Juvenile literature.Īfrican American civil rights workers - Alabama - Montgomery - Biography - Juvenile literature.Īfrican American teenage girls - Alabama - Montgomery - Biography - Juvenile literature.Īfrican Americans - Segregation - Alabama - Montgomery - History - Juvenile literature. Contents may have variations from the printed book or be incomplete or contain other coding.Ĭhapter Three: "We Seemed to Hate Ourselves."Ĭhapter Four: "It's My Constitutional Right!"Ĭhapter Five: "Have You Ever Heard of Her?"Ĭhapter Seven: "Another Negro Woman Has Been Arrested."Ĭhapter Eight: Second Front, Second Chance Note: Contents data are machine generated based on pre-publication provided by the publisher. Table of contents for Claudette Colvin Table of contents for Claudette Colvin : twice toward justice / by Phillip Hoose.īibliographic record and links to related information available from the Library of Congress catalog.
