History > USA > Civil rights > Activists

Barbara Johns   1935-1991

Barbara Johns

in a high school graduation photo from 1952.

Overlooked No More: Barbara Johns,

Who Defied Segregation in Schools

NYT

May 8, 2019

https://www.nytimes.com/2019/05/08/
obituaries/barbara-johns-overlooked.html

Barbara Rose Johns Powell    1935-1991

At 16, Johns led a strike

by the student body

that ultimately became

one of five court cases

consolidated into

Brown

v.

Board of Education.

https://www.nytimes.com/2019/05/08/
obituaries/barbara-johns-overlooked.html

https://www.nytimes.com/2019/05/08/
obituaries/barbara-johns-overlooked.html

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