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Claudette Colvin : twice toward justice  Cover Image Book Book

Claudette Colvin : twice toward justice / by Phillip Hoose.

Record details

  • ISBN: 9780374313227
  • ISBN: 0374313229
  • Physical Description: 133 pages : illustrations ; 24 x 22 cm
  • Edition: First edition.
  • Publisher: New York : Melanie Kroupa Books, [2009]

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Formatted Contents Note:
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 -- Playing for keeps -- Browder v. Gayle -- Rage in Montgomery -- History's door.
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 -- History's door.
Target Audience Note:
1000L Lexile
Study Program Information Note:
Accelerated Reader MG 6.8 5 5 129138
Awards Note:
National Book Awards winner (Young People's Literature), 2009
Newbery Honor Book, 2010
Subject: Colvin, Claudette, 1939- > Juvenile literature.
African Americans > Alabama > Montgomery > Biography > Juvenile literature.
African American civil rights workers > Alabama > Montgomery > Biography > Juvenile literature.
African American teenage girls > Alabama > Montgomery > Biography > Juvenile literature.
African Americans > Segregation > Alabama > Montgomery > History > Juvenile literature.
Segregation in transportation > Alabama > Montgomery > History > Juvenile literature.
Montgomery (Ala.) > Biography > Juvenile literature.
Montgomery (Ala.) > Race relations > History > 20th century > Juvenile literature.
National Book Awards.
Literary prizes.

Available copies

  • 5 of 5 copies available at York County Libraries.

Holds

  • 0 current holds with 5 total copies.
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Location Call Number / Copy Notes Barcode Shelving Location Status Due Date
Dover Area Community Library Kids 323.092 Biography (Text) 34217000889857 Childrens Area Available -
Guthrie Memorial Library: Hanover's Public Library Kids 323.092 HOO Nonfiction (Text) 34007001680557 Childrens Area Available -
Kaltreider-Benfer Library Kids J921 COL Biography (Text) 34002001234729 Childrens Area Available -
Martin Library Kids Colvin Biography (Text) 33454004179024 Childrens Area Available -
York Academy Regional Charter School- Upper School Teens Colvin Biography (Text) 33454005828140 York Academy Charter School- Upper School Available -


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