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2026-04-23 23:11 UTC

. . .nobody knew who she was and her family was afraid to talk to me because so much violence had come their way. After the NAACP took up the case, the family home was burned down. A cross was burned in front of the school, and Barbara was sent south to Alabama to live with her uncle for her safety. (Wait? South? For safety?? Yup.) I could write a book about the experience of going through Virginia trying to get the information for this book. 4/

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@Teri_Kanefield@mastodon.social 2026-04-23 23:12

People finally trusted me enough to pull letters and photographs out of closets and attics. I met a lot of people and learned more than went into the book. Now the Moton Museum celebrates Barbara Rose Johns Day. One day I won’t be the author of the only book about Barbara Johns, but I will always be the author of the first book. 5/

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