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1. en.wikipedia.org › wiki › Barbara_Rose_JohnsBarbara Rose Johns - Wikipedia

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   Barbara Rose Johns Powell (March 6, 1935 – September 28, 1991) was a leader in the American civil rights movement. On April 23, 1951, at the age of 16, Powell led a student strike for equal education opportunities at R.R. Moton High School in Farmville, Prince Edward County, Virginia.

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3. motonmuseum.org › learn › biography-barbara-roseBiography: Barbara Rose Johns Powell, 1935–1991

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   Barbara Rose Johns, a civil rights activist, was one of the key figures in Brown vs Board of Education of Topeka. Learn more about her life and work.

4. www.womenshistory.org › barbara-r-johnsBarbara R. Johns | National Women's History Museum

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   Barbara Johns was a 16-year-old student who organized a strike in 1951 to protest the poor conditions of her segregated school in Virginia. Her action led to a legal challenge that became part of the landmark Brown v. Board of Education case that ended school segregation in the US.

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     Happy 22nd day of Black history month!!! Meet Barbara Johns Powell! Born Barbara Rose Johns on March 6, 1935 in New York NY to Violet and Robert Johns. She moved to Prince County Maryland during World War II to live with her maternal grandmother Mary Croner. After years of frustration with Prince Edward County school which she describes (later in a memoir) as having inadequacies such as poor facilities, shabby equipment and no science laboratories or separate gymnasium, Barbara took her concerns

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6. encyclopediavirginia.org › entries › barbara-roseBarbara Rose Johns Powell - Encyclopedia Virginia

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   May 3, 2024 · Learn about Barbara Rose Johns Powell, a teenager who led a 1951 student walkout at Robert Russa Moton High School in Farmville, Virginia, to protest segregation. Find out how her courageous action contributed to the landmark Supreme Court case Brown v. Board of Education and her later life.

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7. www.blackpast.org › african-american-historyBarbara Rose Johns Powell (1935-1991) - Blackpast

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   Oct 2, 2017 · Learn about Barbara Rose Johns Powell, who led a student strike at Moton High School in 1951 to protest segregation and overcrowding. Her action sparked a lawsuit that became part of the Brown v. Board of Education case that desegregated schools nationwide.

8. www.bbc.com › travel › articleBarbara Johns: The US' forgotten civil rights hero - BBC

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   Dec 12, 2022 · More than 70 years after the teenager moved a nation to end school segregation, her statue will replace Civil War Confederate commander Robert E Lee's inside the US Capitol. In 1951, Barbara...

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   Who was Barbara Rose Johns?

   • Barbara Rose Johns was born on March 6, 1935, in New York City, the first of Violet Adele Spencer Johns and Robert Melvin Johns’s five children. The young couple had moved to Harlem from their birthplaces in Prince Edward County to find work during the Great Depression.

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   Who was Barbara Johns?

   • Seizing the moment, on April 23, 1951, Barbara Johns, a 16 year-old high school girl in Prince Edward County, Virginia, led her classmates in a strike to protest the substandard conditions at Robert Russa Moton High School.

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   How old was Barbara Rose Johns when she died?

   • She died of bone cancer in Philadelphia on September 25, 1991, at age fifty-six. Barbara Rose Johns was born on March 6, 1935, in New York City, the first of Violet Adele Spencer Johns and Robert Melvin Johns’s five children.

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   Is Barbara Rose Johns Powell dead or still alive?

   • Barbara Rose Johns Powell died in Philadelphia on September 25, 1991, at the age of 56. Do you find this information helpful? A small donation would help us keep this available to all.

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   Why did Barbara Rose Johns organize a student strike?

   • Although initially discouraged, Barbara Rose Johns, used this moment as inspiration and created a plan. On April 23, 1951, she and her student council members went on strike. Johns gave a speech to all 450 students at the school, detailing their dissatisfaction, and revealed her plans for a student strike in protest.

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   Who was Barbara Johns Powell?

   • Barbara Johns went on to lead a quiet life; she married Reverend William Powell, raised five children and was a librarian in the Philadelphia Public Schools. Barbara Johns Powell died in 1991. Barbara Rose Johns, a civil rights activist, was one of the key figures in Brown vs Board of Education of Topeka. Learn more about her life and work.

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10. www.womenofthehall.org › barbara-rose-johns-powellJohns Powell, Barbara Rose | Women of the Hall

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    Learn about Barbara Rose Johns Powell, a civil rights leader and pioneer who led a student strike at R.R. Moton High School in 1951. Her case was one of the five that challenged the "separate but equal" doctrine in Brown v. Board of Education.