The Girl from the Tar Paper School: Barbara Rose Johns and the Advent of the Civil Rights Movement
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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.
Praise for The Girl from the Tar Paper School
"An important glimpse into the early civil rights movement."
--Kirkus Reviews
"Based largely on interviews, memoirs, and other primary source material, and liberally illustrated with photographs, this well-researched slice of civil rights history will reward readers who relish true stories of unsung heroes."
--The Bulletin of The Center for Children’s Books
Info
ISBN: 9781419707964
Published Date: January 7, 2014
Publisher: Abrams Books for Young Readers
Language: English
Page Count: 56
Size: 9.88" l x 8.46" w x 0.78" h
Age Classification: Ages 9 to 12
Category
Tweens Nonfiction
Subject
Biography & Autobiography