Claudette Colvin Quotes

“We were supposed to be an English literature class, but Miss Nesbitt used literature to teach real life. She said she didn't have time to teach us like a regular English teacher--we were too far behind. Instead, she taught us the world through literature.”
― Phillip Hoose, Claudette Colvin: Twice Toward Justice

“I knew then and I know now that, 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”
― Phillip Hoose, Claudette Colvin: Twice Toward Justice

“[on the bus] by her other companions she”
― Phillip Hoose, Claudette Colvin: Twice Toward Justice

“but dozens of reporters and photographers staked out positions in front”
― Phillip M. Hoose, Claudette Colvin: Twice Toward Justice