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Illustration of a girl climbing ladders to reach the moon

Barbara Johns: The US’ forgotten civil rights hero

Source: BBC

In 1951, 16-year-old Barbara Johns found herself in the middle of the fight to end segregation in American schools, an effort she compared to “reaching for the moon.”

This entry was posted in Hard-Won Liberty, The Struggle for Freedom, Voices of Protest and tagged Historic Figures, History on January 1, 2023 by Chandler Gifford.

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