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Claudette Colvin, twice toward justice, by Phillip Hoose

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Claudette Colvin, twice toward justice, by Phillip Hoose

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references and index

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individual biography

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illustrations

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index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Claudette Colvin

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bibliography

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by Phillip Hoose

Sub title

twice toward justice

Summary

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

Table Of Contents

Part one: 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 -- Part two: Playing for keeps. Browder v. Gayle -- Rage in Montgomery -- Epilogue: History's door -- Author's note -- Afterword

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Twice toward justice

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