Title: The girl from the tar paper school
Description: In 1951, witnessing the unfair conditions in her racially segregated high school, Barbara Johns led  the first public walk-out, demanding racial equality in the U.S. and jumpstarting the American civil rights movement.
Subjects: Race relations, Segregation in education, Women civil rights workers, Civil rights movements, Civil rights workers, Juvenile literature, Biography, History, Civil rights movements, juvenile literature, Civil rights workers, juvenile literature, Women, united states, biography, Women, biography, juvenile literature, United states, race relations, United states, juvenile literature
Places: United States, Virginia
People: Barbara Johns Powell (1935-1991)
Time periods: 20th century