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The girl from the tar paper school

Barbara Rose Johns and the advent of the civil rights movement

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An edition of The girl from the tar paper school (2013)

The girl from the tar paper school

Barbara Rose Johns and the advent of the civil rights movement

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In 1951, witnessing the unfair conditions in her racially segregated high school, Barbara Johns led the first public walk-out, demanding racial equality in the U.S. and jumpstarting the American civil rights movement.

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English
Pages
56

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Subjects
Race relations, Segregation in education, Women civil rights workers, Civil rights movements, Civil rights workers, Juvenile literature, Biography, History, Civil rights movements, juvenile literature, Civil rights workers, juvenile literature, Women, united states, biography, Women, biography, juvenile literature, United states, race relations, United states, juvenile literature
People
Barbara Johns Powell (1935-1991)
Places
United States, Virginia
Times
20th century

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Table of 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.

Edition Notes

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Accelerated Reader MG 7.6 2 2 159626

Classifications

Dewey Decimal Class
323.092, B
Library of Congress
E185.97. J59 K35 2013, E185.97.J59K35 2014, E185.97.J59 K35 2014

The Physical Object

Pagination
56 pages
Number of pages
56

ID Numbers

Open Library
OL27154843M
ISBN 10
1419707965
ISBN 13
9781419707964
LCCN
2012040990
OCLC/WorldCat
870020253, 817721642

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