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When I looked back through @ReadingEnvy ‘s reviews to choose a book for #RememberingJenny, I was struck by her thoughts about the white space in this GN and how it could‘ve represented Claudette‘s marginalization compared with Rosa Parks. This is exactly why I loved her reviews.

I‘ll add that it was an interesting choice to keep all the characters‘ skin colors in flux (white and brown). Maybe it represents the equality they were striving for. 🤔

Tania de Montaigne wrote Noire, which was adapted to graphic novel form and illustrated by Emilie Plateau. It's the story of Claudette Colvin, who refused to give up her seat on the bus before Rosa Parks but is often left out of the narrative.

The illustrations have lots of white space and shades of brown. I wish since Claudette was marginalized in her lifetime that she could have taken up more space on the page, but perhaps that was the point.

This book was an eye opener for me. I knew of Rosa Parks but I had not heard of Claudette Colvin before.
In 1955, Colvin was arrested after she refused to give up her seat on a segregated bus in Montgomery, Alabama. This was a few months before Rosa Parks‘ arrest. She later was one of the plaintiffs who testified in the federal court case to challenge bus segregation. But Colvin was a teenager and was seen as unrespectable as she was pregnant.

This book was an eye opener for me. I knew of Rosa Parks but I had not heard of Claudette Colvin before.
In 1955, Colvin was arrested after she refused to give up her seat on a segregated bus in Montgomery, Alabama. This was a few months before Rosa Parks‘ arrest. She later was one of the plaintiffs who testified in the federal court case to challenge bus segregation. But Colvin was a teenager and was seen as unrespectable as she was pregnant.