Barbara Rose Johns
Barbara Rose Johns
Statue project for the U.S. Capitol
National Statuary Hall Collection
Washington D.C.
Barbara Rose Johns Powell (1935–1991)
Barbara Johns’ Later Years
Barbara Johns’ Later Years
After graduating from high school, Barbara attended Spelman College, married, and finished her Library Sciences degree at Drexel University. She became a librarian in the Philadelphia school system for 20 years and raised five children. Sadly, Barbara passed away from cancer in 1991 at the age of 56.