The Girl from the Tar Paper School: Barbara Rose Johns and the Advent of the Civil Rights Movement
By Teri Kanefield
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By Teri Kanefield
Hardcover edition
Publisher Abrams Imprint Abrams ISBN9781419707964
Awards and Honors New York Public Library, 100 Titles for Reading and Sharing 2014, Nonfiction<br> 2015 NCTE Orbis Pictus Recommended Book<br> 2015 Jane Addams Award Winner, Older Readers<br> NCSS Carter G. Woodson Book Award 2016 Winner, MiddleThe Girl from the Tar Paper School: Barbara Rose Johns and the Advent of the Civil Rights Movement
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In 1951, Barbara Rose Johns organized a strike to protest the inferior conditions of her all-black high school. The case became part of the Brown v. Board of Education decision. Author’s note. Time line. Index. Full-color and black-and-white photographs.
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