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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.

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Kanefield, Teri, 1960-
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New York : Abrams Books for Young Readers, 2014.
Subjects:
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.
Table of 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 lost generation
  • "Nothing is as strong as gentleness, nothing so gentle as strength."
  • The birth of the civil rights movement.