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The Watsons Go to Birmingham – 1963

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The Watsons Go to Birmingham – 1963 (1995) is a historical-fiction novel by Christopher Paul Curtis. [1]

29 relations: American Library Association, Anika Noni Rose, Battle royal, Birmingham campaign, Birmingham, Alabama, Bud, Not Buddy, Christopher Paul Curtis, Civil rights movement, Conk, Coretta Scott King, David Alan Grier, Elijah of Buxton, Fiction, First-person narrative, Flint, Michigan, Freedom Summer, Golden Kite Award, Hallmark Channel, Historical fiction, LaTanya Richardson, Newbery Medal, Skai Jackson, Summer vacation, Sunday school, Swimming hole, The Mighty Miss Malone, Wood Harris, Young adult fiction, 16th Street Baptist Church bombing.

American Library Association

The American Library Association (ALA) is a nonprofit organization based in the United States that promotes libraries and library education internationally.

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Anika Noni Rose

Anika Noni Rose (born September 6, 1972) is an American actress and singer known for her Tony Award-winning performance in the Broadway production of Caroline, or Change and her starring role as Lorrell Robinson in the 2006 film Dreamgirls.

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Battle royal

Battle royal (plural battles royal, also royale) traditionally refers to a fight involving many combatants that is fought until only one fighter remains standing.

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Birmingham campaign

The Birmingham campaign, or Birmingham movement, was a movement organized in early 1963 by the Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC) to bring attention to the integration efforts of African Americans in Birmingham, Alabama.

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Birmingham, Alabama

Birmingham is the most populous city in the U.S. state of Alabama and the seat of Jefferson County.

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Bud, Not Buddy

Bud, Not Buddy is a children's novel written by Christopher Paul Curtis, published in 1999.

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Christopher Paul Curtis

Christopher Paul Curtis (born May 10, 1953)Judy Levin, Allison Stark Draper, Christopher Paul Curtis (The Rosen Publishing Group, 2005),, p. 84.

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Civil rights movement

The civil rights movement (also known as the African-American civil rights movement, American civil rights movement and other terms) was a decades-long movement with the goal of securing legal rights for African Americans that other Americans already held.

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Conk

Conks were often styled as large pompadours although other men chose to simply slick their straightened hair back, allowing it to lie flat on their heads.

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Coretta Scott King

Coretta Scott King (April 27, 1927January 30, 2006) was an American author, activist, civil rights leader, and the wife of Martin Luther King, Jr.

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David Alan Grier

David Alan Grier (born June 30, 1956) is an American actor and comedian.

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Elijah of Buxton

Elijah of Buxton is an award winning children's novel written by Christopher Paul Curtis and published in 2007.

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Fiction

Fiction is any story or setting that is derived from imagination—in other words, not based strictly on history or fact.

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First-person narrative

A first-person narrative is a mode of storytelling in which a narrator relays events from their own point of view using the first person It may be narrated by a first person protagonist (or other focal character), first person re-teller, first person witness, or first person peripheral (also called a peripheral narrator).

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Flint, Michigan

Flint is the largest city and county seat of Genesee County, Michigan, United States.

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Freedom Summer

Freedom Summer, or the Mississippi Summer Project, was a volunteer campaign in the United States launched in June 1964 to attempt to register as many African-American voters as possible in Mississippi.

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Golden Kite Award

The Golden Kite Awards are given annually by the Society of Children's Book Writers and Illustrators to recognize excellence in children’s literature.

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Hallmark Channel

The Hallmark Channel is an American cable and satellite television network that is owned by Crown Media Holdings, Inc., which is owned by Hallmark Cards, Inc.

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Historical fiction

Historical fiction is a literary genre in which the plot takes place in a setting located in the past.

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LaTanya Richardson

LaTanya Richardson (born October 21, 1949), often listed as LaTanya Richardson Jackson, is an American actress and producer.

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Newbery Medal

The John Newbery Medal is a literary award given by the Association for Library Service to Children, a division of the American Library Association (ALA).

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Skai Jackson

Skai Jackson (born April 8, 2002) is an American actress.

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Summer vacation

Summer vacation (also called summer holiday or summer break) is a school holiday in summer between school years and the break in the school year.

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Sunday school

A Sunday School is an educational institution, usually (but not always) Christian, which catered to children and other young people who would be working on weekdays.

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Swimming hole

A swimming hole is a place in a river, stream, creek, spring, or similar natural body of water, which is large enough and deep enough for a person to swim in.

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The Mighty Miss Malone

The Mighty Miss Malone is a 2012 children's novel by author Christopher Paul Curtis and is a followup to his 2000 book Bud, Not Buddy.

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Wood Harris

Sherwin David "Wood" Harris (born October 17, 1969) is an American actor.

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Young adult fiction

Young adult fiction (YA) is a category of fiction published for readers in their youth.

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16th Street Baptist Church bombing

The 16th Street Baptist Church bombing was an act of white supremacist terrorism which occurred at the African American 16th Street Baptist Church in Birmingham, Alabama, on Sunday, September 15, 1963, when four members of the Ku Klux Klan planted at least 15 sticks of dynamite attached to a timing device beneath the steps located on the east side of the church.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Watsons_Go_to_Birmingham_–_1963

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