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Barbara Rose Johns Powell
Lahir	( 1935-03-06 ) 6 Maret 1935 New York City , New York
Meninggal	25 September 1991 (1991-09-25) (umur 56) Philadelphia, PA
Pekerjaan	Aktivis hak sipil, pustakawan
Dikenal atas
Bronze Star Medal

Barbara Rose Johns Powell (6 Maret 1935 – 25 September 1991) adalah seorang pemimpin pionir dalam Amerika Serikat dan kemenakan dari salah satu "bapak Gerakan Hak Sipil ", . ^{[ 1 ]} Pada 23 April 1951, dalam usia 16 tahun, Powell memimpin unjuk rasa pelajar untuk pendidikan setara di , , , Virginia .

• Claudette Colvin

• Branch, Taylor (1989). Parting the Waters: America in the King Years 1954–63 . Touchstone .
• Smith, Bob (1966). They Closed Their Schools: Prince Edward County, Virginia 1951–1964 .
• John A. Stokes with Lois Wolfe, Students on Strike: Jim Crown, Civil Rights, 'Brown,' and Me, A Memoir , Washington, DC: National Geographic Press, 2008
• Richard Kluger,"Stick With Us," Simple Justice Vintage: 1974: 454–480.
• Kanefield, Teri, The Girl from the Tar Paper School: Barbara Rose Johns and the Advent of the Civil Rights Movement , Harry N. Abrams, 2014

• SNCC Digital Gateway: Barbara Johns Leads Prince Edward County Student Walkout Digital documentary website created by the SNCC Legacy Project and Duke University, telling the story of the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee & grassroots organizing from the inside-out
• The Barbara Rose Johns Memorial Site
• Barbara Rose Johns at the Moton Museum
• Jeffrey Zastow, "Who Was Barbara Johns?" , Wall Street Journal Classroom Edition, January 2006
• Juan Williams, "Separate But Unequal: How a Student-Led Protest Helped Change the Nation" , National Public Radio , 13 January 2004
• Queens College CORE (a history of the New York City chapters of the Congress of Racial Equality)