The Girl from the Tar Paper School: Barbara Rose Johns and the Advent of the Civil Rights Movement
Author: Kanefield, Teri
Reading Metrics
Grade Level
Middle Grades (MG 4-8)
Book Level
7.6
Points
2.0
Fiction/Nonfiction
Nonfiction
Word Count
10153
Points per Word
0.000197
Page Count
56
Points per Page
0.035714
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.