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      -- She persisted: Claudette Colvin
      By Cline-Ransome, Lesa  Flint, Gillian  Clinton, Chelsea  Boiger, Alexandra
       2021., Primary, Philomel Books Call No: B    Availability:1 of 1     At Location(s) Summary Note: "Before Rosa Parks famously refused to give up her seat on a bus in Montgomery, Alabama, fifteen-year-old Claudette Colvin made the same choice. She insisted on standing up--or in her case, sitting down--for what was right, and in doing so, fought for equality, fairness, and justice"--Provided by publisher.
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      By Hoose, Phillip M., 1947-
       2009., Adolescent, Melanie Kroupa Books Call No: Civil Rights NF HOO   Edition: 1st ed.    Availability:1 of 1     At Location(s) Summary Note: Presents an account of fifteen-year-old Claudette Colvin, an African-American girl who refused to give up her seat to a white woman on a segregated bus in Montgomery, Alabama, nine months before Rosa Parks, and covers her role in a crucial civil rights case.
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      By Hoose, Phillip M., 1947-
       2009., Adolescent, Melanie Kroupa Books Call No: 921 COLVIN   Edition: 1st ed.    Availability:1 of 1     At Location(s) Summary Note: Presents an account of fifteen-year-old Claudette Colvin, an African-American girl who refused to give up her seat to a white woman on a segregated bus in Montgomery, Alabama, nine months before Rosa Parks, and covers her role in a crucial civil rights case.
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      By Hoose, Phillip M., 1947-
       2009., Melanie Kroupa Books Call No: B   Edition: 1st ed.    Availability:1 of 1     At Location(s) Summary Note: Presents an account of fifteen-year-old Claudette Colvin, an African-American girl who refused to give up her seat to a white woman on a segregated bus in Montgomery, Alabama, nine months before Rosa Parks, and covers her role in a crucial civil rights case.
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      By Hoose, Phillip M
       c2009., Juvenile, Melanie Kroupa Books Call No: B COLVIN   Edition: 1st ed.    Availability:1 of 1     At Location(s) Summary Note: Celebrates the life and actions of fifteen-year-old African American Claudette Colvin who was arrested for refusing to give up her seat on a Montgomery bus almost a year before Rosa Parks committed the same act of civil disobedience. Includes black-and-white photographs, sidebars, first-person accounts, and reproduced documents.
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      By Hoose, Phillip M., 1947-
       2009., Juvenile, Melanie Kroupa Books Call No: B COLVIN   Edition: 1st ed.    Availability:1 of 1     At Location(s) Summary Note: Presents the life of the Alabama teenager who played an integral but little-known role in the Montgomery bus strike of 1955-1956, once by refusing to give up a bus seat, and again, by becoming a plaintiff in the landmark civil rights case against the bus company.
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      By Hoose, Phillip M., 1947-
       2011., Juvenile, Square Fish Call No: B   Edition: First Square Fish edition.    Availability:1 of 1     At Location(s)Click here to watch Summary Note: Celebrates the life and actions of fifteen-year-old African American Claudette Colvin who was arrested for refusing to give up her seat on a Montgomery bus almost a year before Rosa Parks committed the same act of civil disobedience. Includes black-and-white photographs, sidebars, first-person accounts, and reproduced documents.
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      By Hoose, Phillip M., 1947-
       2011., Juvenile, Square Fish Call No: HI-INT B COL   Edition: First Square Fish edition.    Availability:1 of 1     At Location(s) Summary Note: Presents the life of the Alabama teenager who played an integral role in the Montgomery bus strike, once by refusing to give up a bus seat, and again, by becoming a plaintiff in the landmark civil rights case against the bus company.
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      By Anderson, Beth  Lewis, Earl B.
      [2020], Pre-adolescent, Calkins Creek, an imprint of Boyds Mills & Kane Call No: B   Edition: First edition.    Availability:1 of 1     At Location(s) Summary Note: One hundred years before Rosa Parks took her stand, Elizabeth "Lizzie" Jennings tried to board a streetcar in New York City on her way to church. Though there were plenty of empty seats, she was denied entry, assaulted, and threatened. Lizzie decided to fight back. She told her story, took her case to court—where future president Chester Arthur represented her—and won! Her victory was the first recorded in the fight for equal rights on public transportation, and Lizzie's case set a precedent.
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      By Anderson, Beth, 1954-  Lewis, Earl B
       [2020]., Juvenile, Calkins Creek Call No: B   Edition: First edition.    Availability:1 of 1     At Location(s)Click here to view Summary Note: Picture book presenting the true story of African American equal rights activist Elizabeth "Lizzie" Jennings Graham. Born a free woman in New York City, Lizzie was late for church one day when she tried to board a street car and was denied a seat due to her skin color, even though there were plenty open. Lizzie took her case to court and won, paving the way for future women to take a stand, or a seat, for the civil rights movement.