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Claudette Colvin : : twice toward justice
| Title | Claudette Colvin : : twice toward justice |
| Names | Hoose, Phillip M. |
| Book Number | BR018681 |
| Title Status | Active |
| Medium | Braille |
| Download Link | Volume 1. |
| Annotation | Uses interviews to provide a firsthand account of fifteen-year-old Claudette Colvin's arrest for refusing to give her bus seat to a white woman in 1955 Alabama. Explains the era's racial segregation policy and the consequences of Claudette's demand for her constitutional rights. Some strong language. For grades 5-8. Newbery Honor Book. Nat'l Book Award. 2009. |
| Local Subject | Young Adult Book - YA |
| Young Adult Non-Fiction - YN | |
| Short Book - SH | |
| Biography & Autobiography - BIO | |
| Juvenile Book - JU | |
| Juvenile Non-Fiction - JN | |
| History, United States - HUS | |
| History - HST | |
| Award-Winning Young Adult Books - AWY | |
| Award-Winning Children's Books - AWJ | |
| Audience Notes | Contains strong language. |
| For grades 5-8. |
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| Award winner. |
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| LC Subject | African American civil rights workers - Alabama - Montgomery - Biography - Juvenile literature |
| African American teenage girls - Alabama - Montgomery - Biography - Juvenile literature |
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| African Americans - Segregation - Alabama - Montgomery - History - Juvenile literature |
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| African Americans - Alabama - Montgomery - Biography - Juvenile literature |
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| Segregation in transportation - Alabama - Montgomery - History - Juvenile literature |
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| Montgomery (Ala.) - Biography - Juvenile literature |
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| Montgomery (Ala.) - Race relations - History - 20th century - Juvenile literature |
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| Call Number | j323.092 B JNF |
| Language | English |
| Released | 2009 |
| Publication Info | Washington, D.C. : National Library Service for the Blind and Physically Handicapped, Library of Congress, 2009 (American Printing House for the Blind, transcribing agency). |
| Original Publication | Transcription of: 1st ed. New York : Melanie Kroupa Books, c2009. 0374313229 |