Birmingham 1963

Name: Birmingham 1963
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ISBN: 9781590784402

ISBN-10: 1590784405

ISBN-13: 9781590784402

Edition: 2007

Authors: Carole Boston Weatherford

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A poetic tribute to the victims of the racially motivated church bombing that served as a seminal event in the struggle for civil rights. In 1963, the eyes of the world were on Birmingham, Alabama, a flashpoint for the civil rights movement. Birmingham was one of the most segregated cities in the United States. Civil rights demonstrators were met with police dogs and water cannons. On Sunday, September 15, 1963, members of the Ku Klux Klan planted sticks of dynamite at the Sixteenth Street Baptist Church, which served as a meeting place for civil rights organizers. The explosion killed four little girls. Their murders shocked the nation and turned the tide in the struggle for equality. Here…

Book details

List price: $17.95
Copyright year: 2007
Publisher: Highlights Press, c/o Highlights for Children, Inc.
Publication date: 9/1/2007
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 40
Size: 7.88" wide x 8.31" long x 0.36" tall
Weight: 0.682
Language: English

Carole Boston Weatherford is an award-winning poet and author of over two dozen books for young readers. She lives in North Carolina.