Item details: The girl from the tar paper school : Barbara Rose Johns and the advent of the civil rights movement - 46752379

The girl from the tar paper school : Barbara Rose Johns and the advent of the civil rights movement

text The girl from the tar paper school : Barbara Rose Johns and the advent of the civil rights movement

Kanefield, Teri

Summary: Describes the peaceful protest organized by teenager Barbara Rose Johns in order to secure a permanent building for her segregated high school in Virginia in 1951, and explains how her actions helped fuel the civil rights movement.

Contents: The tar paper shack problem -- "A little child shall lead them" -- The quiet embrace of the woods -- The time has come -- Stick with us -- Reaching for the moon -- Pupil lashes out at principal -- A lawsuit is filed- and the troubles begin -- The ... Read more

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Description: 56 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 26 cm

Publisher: 2014

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Peninsula Community Library	JB POWELL KAN in Juvenile	Available

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Powell, Barbara Johns 1935-1991 Juvenile literature Civil rights movements United States History 20th century Juvenile literature Civil rights workers United States Biography Juvenile literature Women civil rights workers United States Biography Juvenile literature Segregation in education Virginia History 20th century Juvenile literature Virginia Race relations History 20th century Juvenile literature Powell, Barbara Johns 1935-1991 Civil rights movements United States History 20th century Civil rights workers United States Biography Women Biography African Americans Biography Women civil rights workers Biography Segregation in education Virginia History 20th century Virginia Race relations History 20th century

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