![]() ![]() Hoose brings to the reader's attention an area of history that they may not know about. Browder ruled that public transportation segregation was unconstitutional, a decision upheld by the United States Supreme Court.Ĭlaudette Colvin is brilliant. Colvin's story doesn't end there in 1956, Colvin, not Parks, is one of the named plaintiffs in the case of Browder v. ![]() Her refusal to stand does not lead to the Montgomery Bus Boycott rather, it's the actions of Rosa Parks. The Good: Colvin's spur-of-the-moment refusal to give up her seat to a white woman was inspired by a growing sense of rage, anger, and injustice at segregation laws. Why is Rosa Parks remembered, while Claudette Colvin is not? Claudette Colvin, fifteen, refuses to give up up her seat on a bus to a white woman - nine months before Rosa Parks's similar refusal leads to the Montgomery Bus Boycott. NonFiction Monday round up is at Rasco from RIFĪbout: Montgomery, Alabama. National Book Award winner, Young People's Literature Reviewed from copy provided by Brilliance Audiobook. Brilliance Audiobook 2009, narrated by Channie Waites. Melanie Kroupa Books, an imprint of Farrar Straus & Giroux Books for Young Readers. Claudette Colvin: Twice Toward Justice by Phillip Hoose. ![]()
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