Because Claudette, Tracey Baptiste ; illustrated by Tonya Engel
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- Biographies
- Montgomery Bus Boycott, Montgomery, Ala., 1955-1956 -- Juvenile literature
- African Americans -- Biography -- Juvenile literature
- Montgomery (Ala.) -- Race relations -- History -- 20th century -- Juvenile literature
- African Americans -- Alabama -- Montgomery -- Biography -- Juvenile literature
- JUVENILE NONFICTION / Biography & Autobiography / Social Activists
- African American teenage girls -- Biography -- Juvenile literature
- Picture books
- JUVENILE NONFICTION / United States / History / 20th century
- Race relations -- Juvenile literature
- JUVENILE NONFICTION / People & Places / United States / African American & Black
- Segregation in transportation -- Alabama -- Montgomery -- History -- Juvenile literature
- JUVENILE NONFICTION / Social Topics / Prejudice & Racism
- JUVENILE NONFICTION / Social Topics / Civil & Human Rights
- Colvin, Claudette, 1939- -- Juvenile literature
- African American teenage girls -- Alabama -- Montgomery -- Biography -- Juvenile literature
- Montgomery (Ala.) -- Biography -- Juvenile literature
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Because Claudette, Tracey Baptiste ; illustrated by Tonya Engel
Language
eng
resource.biographical
individual biography
Illustrations
illustrations
Index
no index present
resource.interestAgeLevel
Ages 6-8, Dial Books for Young Readers
resource.interestGradeLevel
Grades 2-3, Dial Books for Young Readers
Literary form
non fiction
Main title
Because Claudette
Oclc number
1246726473
Responsibility statement
Tracey Baptiste ; illustrated by Tonya Engel
Summary
"When fifteen-year-old Claudette Colvin boarded a segregated bus on March 2, 1955, she had no idea she was about to make history. But when she refused to give up her seat to a white woman, she was arrested, igniting a crucial chain of events: Rosa Parks's sit-in none months later, the organization of the Montgomery bus boycott by activists like Professor Jo Ann Robinson and Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., and the Supreme Court decision that Alabama's bus segregation was unconstitutional -- a major triumph for the civil rights movement. Now it's time for young readers to learn more about this living legend, her pivotal role in the civil rights movement, and the power of one person reaching out to another in the fight for change." --Book jacket
Target audience
juvenile
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