Title:
The girl from the tar paper school : Barbara Rose Johns and the advent of the civil rights movement
Author:
Kanefield, Teri, 1960-
ISBN:
9781419707964
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Publication Information:
New York : Abrams Books for Young Readers, 2014.
Physical Description:
56 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 27 cm
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 as gentle as strength." -- The birth of the civil rights movement -- Author's note -- Select civil rights timeline -- Endnotes -- Sources.
Abstract:
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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