Common Lit: "Before Rosa Parks, There Was Claudette Colvin" by Margot Adler

Rosa Parks is well-known for her refusal to give up her seat to a white person on a bus in Alabama. A famous bus boycott followed because of her act of protest. However, Parks was not the first person to refuse to give up her seat. In this informational text, Margot Adler discusses the lesser known actions of Claudette Colvin and why her activism has gone unnoticed in comparison to Parks. It also offers a guided reading mode, an assessment, discussion questions, and a teacher's guide. [Free account registration required for specific tools.]