A high school in Oak Park, IL created a pop-up museum for African American History Month that included Claudette Colvin. “I teach African history, so we talk about how our history classes are white-washed and what that means and how that supports the racial hierarchy,” said Spoor-Harvey said while standing near a poster of Claudette… Read more »
We love this interview with our friend, Claudette Colvin.
On March 2, 1955, a young African American woman boarded a city bus in Montgomery, Ala., took her seat and, minutes later, refused the driver’s command to surrender it to a white passenger. “It felt like Harriet Tubman was pushing me down on one shoulder and Sojourner Truth was pushing me down on the other shoulder,”… Read more »
National Endowment for the Humanities compiled a list of “Nonfiction Favorites” or the Nonfiction Booklist for Young Readers. We are proud to find both Claudette Colvin and We Were There, Too! on their fine list.
“History had me glued to the seat.” —Claudette Colvin Listen to this beautiful piece produced by Sarah Kate Kramer of Radio Diaries and broadcast on NPR’s All Things Considered in honor of the 60th anniversary of Claudette Colvin’s refusal to give up her seat in Montgomery, AL. Phillip Hoose, the author of Claudette Colvin: Twice… Read more »
On March 2 at 4:50 or 5:50 PM, 2015, NPR’s All Things Considered will air a story about Claudette Colvin. The broadcast will reach an audience of approximately 2 million listeners. The story features Phillip Hoose, author of Claudette Colvin, Twice Towards Justice and Claudette Colvin, herself. The story will also be featured on the award-winning Radio Diaries… Read more »
The Amazon book editors named Claudette Colvin: Twice Toward Justice one of the 100 Biographies & Memoirs to Read in a Lifetime. What fine company Claudette is in. Have a Goodreads account? You can cast your vote for your favorite biographies, autobiographies and memoirs!
[youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7DwowKJvXis] Lillian Cook, you astound us. This song is great gift to Claudette Colvin and to readers of her story. We cannot tell you how moved we are. This is an original song created as part of the Jeremy Salvner Memorial Music Competition, which is part of the Youngstown State University English Festival, a three-day… Read more »
We could not help but share this letter from the astounding student Erica Eliza Smith. “I just finished reading Claudette Colvin: Twice Towards Justice for the second time. The first time I read it was back in eighth grade (I’m a junior now) when I was trying to figure out what it meant to be a teenager… Read more »
Recently I visited the Washington Middle School for Girls, in Washington DC. The appearance was arranged through An Open Book Children’s Literacy Foundation, a non-profit organization formed “to improve literacy among disadvantaged children and teens in the greater Washington, D.C. area by giving schools and students books and access to authors and illustrators.” I was… Read more »