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(1/4) Junior Scholastic asked me to write a short piece about Barbara Johns. It's in the current edition.
What? You don’t know who Barbara Johns was?
She was 16 years old in Farmville, Virginia, in 1951. She led a walkout of her high school to protest segregation. . .
What? You don’t know who Barbara Johns was?
She was 16 years old in Farmville, Virginia, in 1951. She led a walkout of her high school to protest segregation. . .
(2/4) Yes, before Rosa Parks and before MLK, Jr. embraced nonviolence as the way to equality.
After Barbara and her classmates turned the town upside down, the NAACP stepped in . . .
[You can read a version of the article here: terikanefield.com/1images/IMAGIN… ]
After Barbara and her classmates turned the town upside down, the NAACP stepped in . . .
[You can read a version of the article here: terikanefield.com/1images/IMAGIN… ]
(3/4) Barbara and her classmates became plaintiffs in Brown v. Board of Education.
Why wasn’t Barbara given credit for the first protest of the modern Civil Rights movement?👇argues it was because she was a child.
I add she was a girl, poor, and African American. . .
Why wasn’t Barbara given credit for the first protest of the modern Civil Rights movement?👇argues it was because she was a child.
I add she was a girl, poor, and African American. . .
(4/4) A quadruple invisibility, esp. in 1951.
Adding: I have written the only book about Barbara. (It won a few prizes. incl. the Jane Addams Book Award.)
I’m sure it’s in your local library. This one went far and wide.
(I love when people check my books out libraries)
Adding: I have written the only book about Barbara. (It won a few prizes. incl. the Jane Addams Book Award.)
I’m sure it’s in your local library. This one went far and wide.
(I love when people check my books out libraries)
