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At sixteen years old, Barbara Rose Johns led her classmates in a courageous student strike against the overcrowded and unequal conditions at Robert Russa Moton High School in Farmville, Virginia. Their actions resulted in Davis v. County School Board of Prince Edward County, one of the five cases decided in Brown v. Board of Education.
Coloring History™: Barbara Johns is an illustrated historical biography for young readers that explores Barbara Johns’s life, the 1951 Moton High School student strike, and the students’ influential role in the legal and social movement toward equal education. Through historically inspired illustrations, educational activities, and accessible storytelling, readers discover how young people helped change American history.
Perfect for classrooms, homeschool programs, libraries, museums, families, Civil Rights studies, Virginia history lessons, and Black History Month programs.
BOOK DETAILS
Title: Coloring History™: Barbara Johns
Subtitle: Teenaged Civil Rights Activist
Author and Illustrator: Veronica Alease Davis
Foreword: Lacy Ward, Jr.
Series: Coloring History™
Publisher: Davis Burke Enterprises
Imprint: Coloring History Books, LLC
Publication Year: 2026
Language: English
Printed in the United States of America
Measured Book Weight: 15.3 ounces
Hardcover ISBN-13: 979-8-9930986-4-7
Hardcover LCCN: 2026900930
Paperback ISBN-13: 979-8-9930986-5-4
Paperback LCCN: 2026901692
At sixteen years old, Barbara Rose Johns led her classmates in a courageous student strike against the overcrowded and unequal conditions at Robert Russa Moton High School in Farmville, Virginia. Their actions resulted in Davis v. County School Board of Prince Edward County, one of the five cases decided in Brown v. Board of Education.
Coloring History™: Barbara Johns is an illustrated historical biography for young readers that explores Barbara Johns’s life, the 1951 Moton High School student strike, and the students’ influential role in the legal and social movement toward equal education. Through historically inspired illustrations, educational activities, and accessible storytelling, readers discover how young people helped change American history.
Perfect for classrooms, homeschool programs, libraries, museums, families, Civil Rights studies, Virginia history lessons, and Black History Month programs.
BOOK DETAILS
Title: Coloring History™: Barbara Johns
Subtitle: Teenaged Civil Rights Activist
Author and Illustrator: Veronica Alease Davis
Foreword: Lacy Ward, Jr.
Series: Coloring History™
Publisher: Davis Burke Enterprises
Imprint: Coloring History Books, LLC
Publication Year: 2026
Language: English
Printed in the United States of America
Measured Book Weight: 15.3 ounces
Hardcover ISBN-13: 979-8-9930986-4-7
Hardcover LCCN: 2026900930
Paperback ISBN-13: 979-8-9930986-5-4
Paperback LCCN: 2026901692