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

Kanefield, Teri

Notes
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 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
Additional Notes
Barbara Rose Johns, civil rights, human rights, Martin Luther King, racism, African Americans
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Physical Description: 56 pages, illustrations (some color), 26 cm
SubTitle: Barbara Rose Johns and the advent of the civil rights movement
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Library R28262