Claudette Colvin: Twice Toward Justice

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Claudette Colvin: Twice Toward Justice by Phillip Hoose recounts the story of Claudette Colvin, a courageous teenager who resisted Jim Crow laws in 1955 Montgomery, Alabama, by refusing to give up her bus seat to a white person. Despite her arrest and the challenges she faced, including prejudice due to her age and economic status, Claudette played a pivotal role in the court case that ended bus segregation, though she struggled with a lack of support from the activist community afterward. The book addresses anti-Black racism, racial violence, and contains references to sexual assault and exploitation.