Claudette Colvin: Twice Toward Justice by Philip Hoose

On a spring day in 1955, fifteen-year-old Claudette Colvin refused to give up her seat on a public bus in Montgomery, Alabama. She was dragged from the bus by two adult police officers, called "Thing" and "Whore," and put in a jail cell. She was scared out of her mind, but she was tired of [...:]
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Published on November 20, 2009 13:05
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