The girl from the tar paper school : Barbara Rose Johns and the advent of the civil rights movement
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Published
New York : Abrams Books for Young Readers, 2014.
Format
Book
Physical Desc
56 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 27 cm
Status
Main Library - Children's Juvenile
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Published
New York : Abrams Books for Young Readers, 2014.
Language
English
Accelerated Reader
MG
Level 7.6, 2 Points
Level 7.6, 2 Points
Lexile measure
1100
Notes
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (pages 50-51), filmgraphy (page 50), and index.
Description
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.
Target Audience
1100L,Lexile
Study Program Information
Accelerated Reader AR,MG,7.6,2,159626.
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Subjects
LC Subjects
Biographies.
Civil rights movements -- United States -- History -- 20th century -- Juvenile literature.
Civil rights workers -- United States -- Biography -- Juvenile literature.
Powell, Barbara Johns, -- 1935-1991 -- Juvenile literature.
Segregation in education -- Virginia -- History -- 20th century -- Juvenile literature.
Virginia -- Race relations -- History -- 20th century -- Juvenile literature.
Women civil rights workers -- United States -- Biography -- Juvenile literature.
Civil rights movements -- United States -- History -- 20th century -- Juvenile literature.
Civil rights workers -- United States -- Biography -- Juvenile literature.
Powell, Barbara Johns, -- 1935-1991 -- Juvenile literature.
Segregation in education -- Virginia -- History -- 20th century -- Juvenile literature.
Virginia -- Race relations -- History -- 20th century -- Juvenile literature.
Women civil rights workers -- United States -- Biography -- Juvenile literature.
Other Subjects
African Americans -- Biography.
Civil rights movements -- United States -- History -- 20th century.
Civil rights workers -- United States -- Biography.
Powell, Barbara Johns, -- 1935-1991.
Segregation in education -- Virginia -- History -- 20th century.
Virginia -- Race relations -- History -- 20th century.
Women -- Biography.
Women civil rights workers -- Biography.
Civil rights movements -- United States -- History -- 20th century.
Civil rights workers -- United States -- Biography.
Powell, Barbara Johns, -- 1935-1991.
Segregation in education -- Virginia -- History -- 20th century.
Virginia -- Race relations -- History -- 20th century.
Women -- Biography.
Women civil rights workers -- Biography.