The girl from the tar paper school : Barbara Rose Johns and the advent of the civil rights movement
by Kanefield, Teri, 1960- (Author)
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. Full description
- 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 so strong as gentleness, nothing so gentle as strength."
- The birth of the civil rights movement
- Author's note
- Select civil rights timeline
- Endnotes
- Sources.