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

Kanefield, Teri, 1960- (author.).

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.

Record details

  • ISBN: 9781419707964
  • ISBN: 1419707965
  • Physical Description: 56 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 26 cm
  • Publisher: New York : Abrams Books for Young Readers, 2014.

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 50-51), filmgraphy (page 50), and index.
Formatted Contents Note:
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.
Target Audience Note:
1100L Lexile
Study Program Information Note:
Accelerated Reader AR MG 7.6 2 159626.

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Subject:
Powell, Barbara Johns, 1935-1991.
Civil rights movements > United States > History > 20th century.
Civil rights workers > United States > Biography.
Women civil rights workers > United States > Biography.
Segregation in education > Virginia > History > 20th century.
African Americans > Biography.
Virginia > Race relations > History > 20th century.
Genre:
Young adult literature.
Biographies.
Young adult literature.

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