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Kanefield, Teri, 1960-
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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.
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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.
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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
.
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Children's Black Nonfiction
323.092 P882k
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Children's Black Nonfiction
323.092 P882k
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