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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.
Barbara Rose Johns Powell (* 6. März 1935 in Harlem, New York City; † 25. September 1991 in Philadelphia) war eine US-amerikanische Bürgerrechtlerin .
As a teenager, Barbara Johns helped organize a strike that eventually led to the desegregation of schools in the United States. Barbara Rose Johns was born on March 6, 1935 in New York City.
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.
3. Mai 2024 · SUMMARY. Barbara Rose Johns Powell conceived and executed a 1951 student walkout at the all-Black Robert Russa Moton High School in Farmville, precipitating one of five legal cases that would be consolidated into the 1954 U.S. Supreme Court decision Brown v. Board of Education, which overturned segregated public schools.
12. Dez. 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...
2. Okt. 2017 · Barbara Rose Johns Powell was an American civil rights leader. She is best known as the student who, at age 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.
