Barbara Rose Johns and the Fight for School Desegregation

Barbara Rose Johns: The Teen Who Challenged School Segregation

In the quiet, segregated town of Farmville, Virginia, the year is 1951. The air, thick with the humid promise of summer, also carried the unspoken weight of injustice. For the Black students of Robert Russa Moton High School, this was not just a place of learning, but a stark reminder of a deeply fractured society. … Read more