The Girl From the Tar Paper School : Barbara Rose Johns and the advent of the Civil Rights Movement

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Synopsis
Before the Little Rock Nine, before Rosa Parks, before Martin Luther King Jr. and his March on Washington, there was Barbara Rose Johns, a teenager who used nonviolent civil disobedience to draw attention to her cause. In 1951, witnessing the unfair conditions in her racially segregated high school, Barbara Johns led a walkout--the first public protest of its kind demanding racial equality in the U.S.--jumpstarting the American civil rights movement. Ridiculed by the white superintendent and school board, local newspapers, and others, and even after a cross was burned on the school grounds, Barbara and her classmates held firm and did not give up. Her school's case went all the way to the Supreme Court and helped end segregation as part of Brown v. Board of Education.

Jane Addams Children’s Book Award Winner

Copyright:
2014

Book Details

Book Quality:
Excellent
Book Size:
56 Pages
ISBN-13:
9781419707964
Publisher:
Abrams Books for Young Readers
Date of Addition:
Copyrighted By:
Teri Kanefield
Adult content:
No
Language:
English
Has Image Descriptions:
No
Categories:
Children's Books, Nonfiction, Biographies and Memoirs, Politics and Government
Grade Levels:
Sixth grade, Seventh grade, Eighth grade, Ninth grade, Tenth grade, Eleventh grade, Twelfth grade
Submitted By:
Worth Trust
Proofread By:
Worth Trust
Usage Restrictions:
This is a copyrighted book.

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