National Book Awards
Claudette Colvin
The winners of the National Book Awards (US) were announced earlier today, with the winner for Young People’s Literature going to Phillip Hoose for Claudette Colvin: Twice Towards Justice.
We may or may not see this important, true story published here in Australia, but let’s hope we do. It tells of a little-known teenager who stood up for what she believed in during the dark days of the 1950s and the fledgling Civil Rights movement.
A week or so ago, Monica Edinger posted in her blog about a book event where Phillip Hoose spoke about the making of the book and where Claudette Colvin also told her story. She was reminded of her father’s brush with Rosa Parks, a more famous Civil Rights figure of the time, in Montgomery, Alabama. Here is his story.
Image of Claudette Colvin used under Creative Commons licence
