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Summary Of Claudette Colvin Twice Towards Justice
Hoose, Phillip. I love that. Claudette Colvin’s: Twice Toward Justice. 2009. The 'Standard' of the 'Standard'. Farrer Straus giroux,2011.

The purpose of Phillip Hoose’s writing “Claudette Colvin twice toward justice” is about an African American girl who fought for what was right in the boycott/ the bus situation. Hoose Phillips wrote “Claudette Colvin twice toward justice” to prove that you should stand up for your rights. And another way he could have written this is because he felt like everyone should know that there was a person who stood up before Rosa Parks. He also describes a boycott that affected lots of people within that time period. On page 51, it states, “Nergo Guilty of Voilation of City Bus Segregation Law,” the story reminds

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