The girl from the tar paper school : Barbara Rose Johns and the advent of the civil rights movement /
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.
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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New York :
Abrams Books for Young Readers,
2014.
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| 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. |
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| Physical Description: | 56 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 26 cm |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 50-51), filmgraphy (page 50), and index. |
| ISBN: | 9781419707964 (hbk.) 1419707965 (hbk.) |