The Girl from the Tar Paper School: Barbara Rose Johns and the Advent of the Civil Rights Movement by Kanefield, Teri

The Girl from the Tar Paper School: Barbara Rose Johns and the Advent of the Civil Rights Movement

Before the Little Rock Nine, before Rosa Parks, before Martin Luther King Jr. and his March on...
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Author: Teri Kanefield
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Language: English
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The Girl from the Tar Paper School: Barbara Rose Johns and the Advent of the Civil Rights Movement by Kanefield, Teri

The Girl from the Tar Paper School: Barbara Rose Johns and the Advent of the Civil Rights Movement

Dhs. 109.43

The Girl from the Tar Paper School: Barbara Rose Johns and the Advent of the Civil Rights Movement

Dhs. 109.43
Author: Teri Kanefield
Format: Hardcover
Language: English

Before the Little Rock Nine, before Rosa Parks, before Martin Luther King Jr. and his March on Washington, there was Barbara Rose Johns, a teenager who used nonviolent civil disobedience to draw attention to her cause.

In 1951, witnessing the unfair conditions in her racially segregated high school, Barbara Johns led a walkout--the first public protest of its kind demanding racial equality in the U.S.--jumpstarting the American civil rights movement. Ridiculed by the white superintendent and school board, local newspapers, and others, and even after a cross was burned on the school grounds, Barbara and her classmates held firm and did not give up. Her school's case went all the way to the Supreme Court and helped end segregation as part of Brown v. Board of Education.

Barbara Johns grew up to become a librarian in the Philadelphia school system. The Girl from the Tar Paper School mixes biography with social history and is illustrated with family photos, images of the school and town, and archival documents from classmates and local and national news media. The book includes a civil rights timeline, bibliography, and index.



Author: Teri Kanefield
Publisher: Abrams Books for Young Readers
Published: 01/07/2014
Pages: 56
Binding Type: Hardcover
Weight: 1.35lbs
Size: 10.10h x 10.10w x 0.60d
ISBN: 9781419707964
Audience: Ages 9-12

Accelerated Reader:
Reading Level: 7.6
Point Value: 2
Interest Level: Middle Grade
Quiz #/Name: 159626 / Girl from the Tar Paper School: Barbara Rose Johns and the Advent of the Civil Rights Movement


Award: Jane Addams Children's Book Award - Winner


Review Citation(s):
Booklist 10/01/2013 pg. 50
Kirkus Reviews 10/15/2013
Publishers Weekly 10/21/2013
Hornbook Guide to Children 07/01/2014 - Below Average, With Minor Flaw
Bulletin of Ctr for Child Bks 02/01/2014
School Library Journal 03/01/2014 pg. 181

About the Author
Teri Kanefield is a lawyer and a writer. She holds an MA in English with an emphasis in fiction writing from the University of California, Davis, and a BA from the University of Pennsylvania. She lives with her family in San Francisco, California.

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