Claudette Colvin: I Want Freedom Now!
Claudette Colvin, Phillip Hoose
This picture-book account follows fifteen-year-old Claudette Colvin in Montgomery, Alabama, as she confronts the daily injustice of segregation. Tired of being treated as less important than white people and of living with separate schools and bathrooms, Claudette refuses to surrender her seat on a bus. Her action comes months before Rosa Parks’s more widely known protest. Realistic illustrations accompany this story of a teenager’s stand for freedom.
This book appears on 2 reading lists across 1 edition from 2 organizations.
