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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.
- September 28, 1991 (aged 56), Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S.
- Civil rights activist, librarian
May 8, 2019 · In 2008, a sculpture of Johns was unveiled on the grounds of the Virginia State Capitol in Richmond as part of a Virginia Civil Rights Memorial. In 2017, the building that houses the state ...
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Reverend Johns was an influential figure in his community and during the Civil Rights Movement. Accepted to Spelman College, an elite college for African American women, in Atlanta, Johns met William Holland Rowland Powell.
Dec 12, 2022 · Barbara Johns: The US' forgotten civil rights hero (Credit: Randy Duchaine/Alamy) More than 70 years after the teenager moved a nation to end school segregation, her statue will replace...
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.
Feb 9, 2023 · In 2008, a Civil Rights Memorial was unveiled, which depicts the brave actions of Barbara Johns Powell and her fellow students. In 2017, Governor Terry McAuliffe named a building in honor of Barbara Johns; this building holds the Office of the Attorney General of Virginia.
Oct 2, 2017 · Barbara Rose Johns Powell was an American civil rights leader . She is best known as the student who, at the age of sixteen, led a student strike at Robert Russa Moton High School (now Robert Russa Moton Museum) in Farmville, Prince Edward County, Virginia on April 21, 1951.
