Gayle, the landmark case that struck down the segregation laws of Montgomery and swept away the legal underpinnings of the Jim Crow South.īased on extensive interviews with Claudette Colvin and many others, Phillip Hoose presents the first in-depth account of an important yet largely unknown civil rights figure, skillfully weaving her dramatic story into the fabric of the historic Montgomery bus boycott and court case that would change the course of American history. Undaunted, a year later she dared to challenge segregation again as a key plaintiff in Browder v. Read this book using Google Play Books app on your PC, android, iOS devices. Instead of being celebrated as Rosa Parks would be just nine months later, fifteen-year-old Claudette Colvin found herself shunned by her classmates and dismissed by community leaders. Claudette Colvin: Twice Toward Justice - Ebook written by Phillip Hoose. On March 2, 1955, an impassioned teenager, fed up with the daily injustices of Jim Crow segregation, refused to give her seat to a white woman on a segregated bus in Montgomery, Alabama. YALSA Award for Excellence in Nonfiction FinalistĪvailable in Hardcover, Paperback, Audio, E-Book
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