Claudette Colvin, written by Lesa Cline-Ransome ; interior illustrations by Gillian Flint
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Label
Claudette Colvin, written by Lesa Cline-Ransome ; interior illustrations by Gillian Flint
Language
eng
Bibliography note
Includes bibliographical references (page 51)
resource.biographical
individual biography
Illustrations
illustrations
Index
no index present
Intended audience
Ages 6-9, Philomel BooksGrades 2-3, Philomel Books
Literary Form
non fiction
Main title
Claudette Colvin
Nature of contents
bibliography
Oclc number
1176515760
Responsibility statement
written by Lesa Cline-Ransome ; interior illustrations by Gillian Flint
Series statement
She persisted
Summary
"Before Rosa Parks famously refused to give up her seat on a bus in Montgomery, Alabama, fifteen-year-old Claudette Colvin made the same choice. She insisted on standing up--or in her case, sitting down--for what was right, and in doing so, fought for equality, fairness, and justice." -- Amazon.com"A biography of Claudette Colvin in the She Persisted series"--, Provided by publisher
Target audience
juvenile
Classification
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Creator
Subject
- Biographies
- JUVENILE NONFICTION / Girls & Women
- Montgomery (Ala.) -- Race relations -- History -- 20th century
- Montgomery (Ala.) -- Race relations -- History -- 20th century -- Juvenile literature
- African Americans -- Alabama -- Montgomery -- Biography -- Juvenile literature
- Women -- Biography
- Segregation in transportation
- African American civil rights workers -- Alabama -- Montgomery -- Biography -- Juvenile literature
- Segregation in transportation -- Alabama -- Montgomery -- History -- Juvenile literature
- Illustrated works
- JUVENILE NONFICTION / Biography & Autobiography / Women
- Colvin, Claudette, 1939- -- Juvenile literature
- Colvin, Claudette, 1939-
- JUVENILE NONFICTION / History / General
- African American civil rights workers
- African Americans + Segregation
- Montgomery (Ala.) -- Biography -- Juvenile literature
- African Americans + Segregation -- Alabama -- Montgomery -- History -- Juvenile literature
- African Americans
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- Has instance3
Outgoing Resources
- Classification1
- Contributor1
- Creator1
- Genre2
- Subject19
- Biographies
- JUVENILE NONFICTION / Girls & Women
- Montgomery (Ala.) -- Race relations -- History -- 20th century
- Montgomery (Ala.) -- Race relations -- History -- 20th century -- Juvenile literature
- African Americans -- Alabama -- Montgomery -- Biography -- Juvenile literature
- Women -- Biography
- Segregation in transportation
- African American civil rights workers -- Alabama -- Montgomery -- Biography -- Juvenile literature
- Segregation in transportation -- Alabama -- Montgomery -- History -- Juvenile literature
- Illustrated works
- JUVENILE NONFICTION / Biography & Autobiography / Women
- Colvin, Claudette, 1939- -- Juvenile literature
- Colvin, Claudette, 1939-
- JUVENILE NONFICTION / History / General
- African American civil rights workers
- African Americans + Segregation
- Montgomery (Ala.) -- Biography -- Juvenile literature
- African Americans + Segregation -- Alabama -- Montgomery -- History -- Juvenile literature
- African Americans
- Content1
- Author1
- Illustrator1
- Is Derivative Of1
- Mapped to1