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The Girl from the Tar Paper School Barbara Rose Johns and the Advent of the Civil Rights Movement 9781419707964 History Biography Children's Abrams Books for Young Readers BYR Teri Kanefield 9781419707964 Spring 2014
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- ISBN 9781419707964
- Weight: 620g
- Dimensions: 259 x 262mm
- Publication Date: 07 Jan 2014
- Publisher: Abrams
- Publication City/Country: US
- Product Form: Hardback
- Language: English
- Age Group: Ages 7-9
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The Girl from the Tar Paper School mixes biography, social history and archival images to tell the gripping story of sixteen-year-old Barbara Rose Johns. In 1951, witnessing the unfair conditions in her racially segregated high school, Barbara led a walk-out--the first public protest of its kind demanding racial equality in the US--jumpstarting the American Civil Rights movement. Her school's case went all the way to the Supreme Court and helped outlaw segregation as part of Brown vs. Board of Education. Barbara grew up to eventually become a librarian, but never sought notoriety for her earlier efforts, in fact her colleagues never knew. The book is illustrated with family photos, school and town photographs, as well as archives from her classmates and local and national news media. It includes a bibliography and index.
Teri Kanefield left behind her law practice to pursue writing. She holds an M.A. in English with emphasis in fiction writing from the University of California, Davis and a B.A. from the University of Pennsylvania. Teri’s middle-grade historical novel, Rivka's Way (Cricket, 2001), was named a Notable Book of 2001 by the Association of Jewish Libraries. Her essays have appeared in Education Week, the San Francisco Recorder and other periodicals.
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