January 2023 Book Club: CLAUDETTE COLVIN: Twice Toward Justice

CLAUDETTE COLVIN: Twice Toward Justice

By Phillip Hoose

Before Rosa Parks, there was fifteen-year-old Claudette Colvin who refused to give up her seat on March 2, 1955 to a white woman on a segregated bus in Montgomery, Alabama. As Claudette was dragged off the bus by police officers, she shouted “It’s my constitutional right!”

A year later she challenged segregation again by being one of the four plaintiffs in the landmark busing case Browder v. Gayle.

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Discussion questions:

• Do you know of heroes who showed bravery and perseverance when defending the rights of people of color?

Please share your answers and participate in the discussion using the comments area below.

The New 3Rs Book Club is planned and led by Sherrie Young. Sherrie is the former Director of Marketing for the National Book Foundation and co-founder/co-director of YB Literary Foundation.