Claudette Colvin

Before Rosa Parks refused to give up her seat to a white person; a 15 year girl by the name of Claudette Colvin did it first. It had to take a lot of courage for Claudette to do such a thing and at first she was considered a hero. But not long after standing up for her rights and the rights of others she was shunned by her classmates along with the leaders of the African American community. This non-fiction book is very interesting. You met a girl that no one knew existed until Phillip Hoose stumbled across her name while doing research for another project and decided to track her down and write her story. Claudette's story is about courage and standing up for what is right. And it just makes you stop and think how cruel a dominate race can be to minority race.