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

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.

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Kanefield, Teri, 1960-
Language:English
Published: New York : Abrams Books for Young Readers, 2014.
Series:MSU Children's & YA Literature Collection.
Subjects:
Powell, Barbara Johns, > 1935-1991 > Juvenile literature.
Civil rights movements > United States > History > 20th century > Juvenile literature.
African Americans > Civil rights > 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.
Civil rights workers > Juvenile literature.
Women civil rights workers > Juvenile literature.
African Americans > Biography > Juvenile literature.
Civil rights movements.
African Americans > Civil rights.
Virginia > Race relations > History > 20th century > Juvenile literature.
Genre:
Juvenile literature.
Biography
Physical Description:56 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 27 cm
Variant Title:
Barbara Rose Johns and the advent of the civil rights movement.
Format: Book

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