Bibliograph

The girl from the tar paper school, Barbara Rose Johns and the advent of the civil rights movement, Teri Kanefield

Type

Label

The girl from the tar paper school, Barbara Rose Johns and the advent of the civil rights movement, Teri Kanefield

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references (pages 48-51) and index

resource.biographical

individual biography

Illustrations

illustrations

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

The girl from the tar paper school

Nature of contents

bibliographydictionaries

resource.readingGradeLevel

1100, Lexile

Responsibility statement

Teri Kanefield

resource.studyProgramName

Accelerated Reader AR, MG, 7.6, 2, 159626

Sub title

Barbara Rose Johns and the advent of the civil rights movement

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

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

Target audience

juvenile

Classification

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