Claudette Colvin: Civil Rights Activist

by Cathleen Small

Book Overview

Before there was Rosa Parks, there was Claudette Colvin. This fearless black teenager, who studied civil rights at her segregated high school in Montgomery, Alabama, refused to give up her seat on the bus to a white person. She felt and believed it violated her rights as a United States citizen. Colvin began a movement that led to the Montgomery bus boycott, a pivotal event in the civil rights movement. Fast facts and sidebars support the narrative...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 150264956X
• ISBN13: 9781502649560
• Release Date: December 2019
• Publisher: Cavendish Square Publishing
• Length: 32 Pages
• Weight: 0.05 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.2" x 6.8" x 8.3"
• Age Range: 6 to 9 years
• Grade Range: Grades 1 to 4