Young People’s Literature Award announced by NBA
by K.C.
Claudette Colvin: Twice toward Justice was given the 2009 National Book Award for Young People’s Literature. This biography tells about African American Claudette Colvin who at age 15 refused to give up her bus seat in Montgomery, Alabama. Her action in 1955 was nine months before Rosa Parks’ famous refusal to give up her bus seat.
Author Phillip Hoose told the audience it was “his job to pull her story out from under history's rug”. Based on extensive interviews with Claudette Colvin and many others, Hoose presents the first in-depth account of an important yet largely unknown civil rights figure, skillfully weaving her dramatic story into the fabric of the historic Montgomery bus boycott and court case that would change the course of American history. Ms. Colvin now 70 years old joined Hoose at the podium to accept the award.
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