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Claudette Colvin
Publication Information
New York : Philomel, 2021.
Physical Description
51 pages : illustrations ; 20 cm.
Audience
Grades 2-3 Philomel Books.
Series
Summary
Before Rosa Parks famously refused to give up her seat on a bus in Montgomery, Alabama, fifteen-year-old Claudette Colvin made the same choice. She insisted on standing up?or in her case, sitting down?for what was right, and in doing so, fought for equality, fairness, and justice.
Notes
"Inspired by She persisted by Chelsea Clinton & Alexandra Boiger." -- Title page.
"Based on the bestselling picture book series by Chelsea Clinton & Alexandra Boiger"--Cover.
Contents
- Born famous
- Why aren't Black people treated as equals?
- Why Delphine?
- Just because I'm Black?
- What happens next?
- Who wouldn't cry?
- How you can persist.
Subjects
- African Americans > Alabama > Montgomery > Biography > Juvenile literature.
- African American civil rights workers > Alabama > Montgomery > Biography > Juvenile literature.
- African Americans > Segregation > Alabama > Montgomery > History > Juvenile literature.
- Segregation in transportation > Alabama > Montgomery > History > Juvenile literature.
- African Americans.
- African American civil rights workers.
- African Americans > Segregation.
- Segregation in transportation.
- African American women > Biography.
- Women > Biography.
- Montgomery (Ala.) > Biography > Juvenile literature.
- Montgomery (Ala.) > Race relations > History > 20th century > Juvenile literature.
- Montgomery (Ala.) > Race relations > History > 20th century.
- Colvin, Claudette, 1939- > Juvenile literature.
- Colvin, Claudette, 1939-