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

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

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.

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

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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.

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Subject: Powell, Barbara Johns 1935-1991 Juvenile literature
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Virginia Race relations History 20th century Juvenile literature
Powell, Barbara Johns 1935-1991
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