The girl from the tar paper school, Barbara Rose Johns and the advent of the civil rights movement, Teri Kanefield
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- Powell, Barbara Johns, 1935-1991 -- Juvenile literature
- Biography
- Virginia -- Race relations -- History -- 20th century -- Juvenile literature
- Segregation in education -- Virginia -- History -- 20th century -- Juvenile literature
- School segregation -- Virginia -- History -- 20th century -- Juvenile literature
- Jane Addams Children's Book Award
- Civil rights workers -- United States -- Biography -- Juvenile literature
- Women civil rights workers -- United States -- Biography -- Juvenile literature
- Civil rights movements -- United States -- History -- 20th century -- Juvenile literature
- Carter G. Woodson Book Award
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The girl from the tar paper school, Barbara Rose Johns and the advent of the civil rights movement, Teri Kanefield
Language
eng
Bibliography note
Includes bibliographical references (pages 50-51), filmgraphy (page 50), and index
resource.biographical
individual biography
Illustrations
illustrations
Index
index present
Intended audience
1100L, Lexile
Literary form
non fiction
Main title
The girl from the tar paper school
Nature of contents
bibliographyfilmographies
Oclc number
817721642
Responsibility statement
Teri Kanefield
resource.studyProgramName
Accelerated Reader, MG, 7.6, 2, 2, 159626
Sub title
Barbara Rose Johns and the advent of the civil rights movement
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
Table of contents
Tar paper shack problem -- "Little child shall lead them" -- Quiet embrace of the woods -- Time has come -- Stick with us -- Reaching for the moon -- Pupil lashes out at principal -- Lawsuit is filed- and the troubles begin -- Lost generation -- "Nothing is as strong as gentleness, nothing so gentle as strength" -- Birth of the civil rights movement -- Timeline
Target audience
adolescent
resource.variantTitle
Barbara Rose Johns and the advent of the civil rights movement
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