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Item Information   Copy / Holding Information     Booklist Review     Publisher Weekly Review     School Library Journal Review     More Content       More by this author     Kanefield, Teri, 1960-     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.     Women, Black -- Biography -- Juvenile literature.     Blacks -- Biography -- Juvenile literature.     Virginia -- Race relations -- History -- 20th century -- Juvenile literature.     Browse Catalog     by author:      Kanefield, Teri, 1960-       by title:      The girl from the ta...       by call number:      323.092 P882k     Search the Web     Kanefield, Teri, 1960-     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.     Women, Black -- Biography -- Juvenile literature.     Blacks -- Biography -- Juvenile literature.     Virginia -- Race relations -- History -- 20th century -- Juvenile literature.       MARC Display

The girl from the tar paper school : Barbara Rose Johns and the advent of the civil rights movement / Teri Kanefield. by Kanefield, Teri, 1960- Abrams Books for Young Readers, c2014. Call #: 323.092 P882k 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.   Women, Black -- Biography -- Juvenile literature.   Blacks -- Biography -- Juvenile literature.   Virginia -- Race relations -- History -- 20th century -- Juvenile literature. ISBN:  9781419707964 1419707965 Description:  56 p. : ill. (some color) ; 26 cm. Bibliography:  Includes bibliographical references (pages 50-51), filmgraphy (page 50), and index. 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 -- Timeline. 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. Genre:  Biography, Juvenile. Holds:  0   Copy/Holding information Location Collection Call No. Item type Status   Central Library Children's Black Nonfiction 323.092 P882k Childrens Books Checked in Add Copy to MyList Musquodoboit Harbour Public Library Children's Black Nonfiction 323.092 P882k Childrens Books Checked in Add Copy to MyList

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