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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.

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Main Author: Kanefield, Teri, 1960- (Author)
Format: Books Print Book
Language:English
Published: New York : Abrams Books for Young Readers, 2014.
Subjects:
Powell, Barbara Johns, > 1935-1991 > Juvenile nonfiction.
Civil rights movements > United States > History > 20th century > Juvenile nonfiction.
Civil rights workers > United States > Biography > Juvenile nonfiction.
Women civil rights workers > United States > Biography > Juvenile nonfiction.
Segregation in education > Virginia > History > 20th century > Juvenile nonfiction.
Virginia > Race relations > History > 20th century > Juvenile nonfiction.
Biographies > Juvenile.
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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 so strong as gentleness, nothing so gentle as strength."
  • The birth of the civil rights movement
  • Author's note
  • Select civil rights timeline
  • Endnotes
  • Sources.

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