Barbara Rose Johns
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| Gender | Female |
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| Death | 33 years ago |
| Date of birth | March 6,1935 |
| Zodiac sign | Pisces |
| Born | New York |
| United States | |
| Date of died | September 25,1991 |
| Died | Philadelphia |
| Pennsylvania | |
| United States | |
| Nationality | American |
| Known for | Davis v. County School Board of Prince Edward County |
| Robert Russa Moton Museum | |
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| ID | 817282 |
Barbara Rose Johns Life story
Barbara Rose Johns Powell was a young, American civil rights leader-pioneer and the niece of one of the "fathers of the Civil Rights Movement," Vernon Johns. On April 23, 1951, at the age of 16, Powell led a student strike for equal education at R. R. Moton High School in Farmville, Prince Edward County, Virginia.
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