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Author Kanefield, Teri, 1960-

Title The girl from the tar paper school : Barbara Rose Johns and the advent of the civil rights movement / Teri Kanefield.

Publication Info. New York : Abrams Books for Young Readers, 2014.

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Location Call No. Status
 Berlin-Peck Memorial Library - Children's Department  J 920 POWELL    Check Shelf
 Bloomfield, Prosser Library - Children's Department  J-B JOHNS    Storage
 Cheshire Public Library - Children's Department  J BIO POWELL    Check Shelf
 East Hartford, Raymond Library - Children's Department  J323.092 K    Check Shelf
 East Hartford, Raymond Library - Young Adult  YA B POWELL K    Check Shelf
 East Windsor, Library Association of Warehouse Point - Young Adult  YA B POWEEL KAN    Check Shelf
 Glastonbury, Welles-Turner Memorial Library - Children's Department  J 323.092 POWELL    Check Shelf
 Manchester, Main Library - Children's Department  J 323.092 KANEFIELD    Check Shelf
 New Britain, Main Library - Children's Department  J323.092 KAN    Check Shelf
 Newington, Lucy Robbins Welles Library - Children's Department  J323.092 KANEFIELD    Check Shelf

Description 56 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 26 cm
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.
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.
Study Program Accelerated Reader AR MG 7.6 2.0 159626.
Subject 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.
Virginia -- Race relations -- History -- 20th century -- Juvenile literature.
Powell, Barbara Johns, 1935-1991.
Civil rights movements -- United States -- History -- 20th century.
Civil rights workers -- United States -- Biography.
Women -- Biography.
African Americans -- Biography.
Women civil rights workers -- Biography.
Segregation in education -- Virginia -- History -- 20th century.
Virginia -- Race relations -- History -- 20th century.
ISBN 9781419707964 hardback
1419707965 hardback
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