The Girl from the Tar Paper School
Barbara Rose Johns and the Advent of the Civil Rights Movement
New York : Abrams Books for Young Readers, 2014.
Format: Book
Description: 56 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 26 cm
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.
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 as strong as gentleness, nothing so gentle as strength." -- The birth of the civil rights movement.
Subjects:
Powell, Barbara Johns, 1935-1991 -- Juvenile literature.
Civil rights movements -- United States -- History -- 20th century -- Juvenile literature.
Civil rights workers -- United States -- Biography -- Juvenile literature.
Women civil rights workers -- United States -- Biography -- Juvenile literature.
Segregation in education -- Virginia -- History -- 20th century -- Juvenile literature.
Virginia -- Race relations -- History -- 20th century -- Juvenile literature.
Powell, Barbara Johns, 1935-1991 -- Juvenile literature.
Civil rights movements -- United States -- History -- 20th century -- Juvenile literature.
Civil rights workers -- United States -- Biography -- Juvenile literature.
Women civil rights workers -- United States -- Biography -- Juvenile literature.
Segregation in education -- Virginia -- History -- 20th century -- Juvenile literature.
Virginia -- Race relations -- History -- 20th century -- Juvenile literature.
Target Audience: 1100L
ISBN:
9781419707964 (hbk.)
Availability | |||
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Call Number | Location | Shelf Location | Status |
C BIOGRAPHY Johns, Barbara | Main (Downtown) | Garden Level, Children's Biography | In |
C BIOGRAPHY Johns, Barbara | Main (Downtown) | Garden Level, Children's Biography | In |
C BIOGRAPHY Johns, Barbara | Blythewood | Children's Biography | In |
C BIOGRAPHY Johns | North Main | Children's Biography | In |
C BIOGRAPHY Johns, Barbara | Sandhills Indoors | Children's Biography | In |
C BIOGRAPHY Johns, Barbara | Sandhills Indoors | Children's Biography | In |
CB Johns | Southeast | Children's Biography | In |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 50-51), filmgraphy (page 50), and index.