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The watsons go to birmingham authorThe Watsons Go to Birmingham – 1963
1995 historical novel by Christopher Paul Curtis
The Watsons Go to Birmingham – 1963 is a historical-fiction novel by Christopher Paul Curtis.
First published in 1995 by Delacorte Press, it was reprinted in 1997. It tells the story of the Watsons, a lower middle class African-American family living in Flint, Michigan in the early 1960s from the perspective of Kenny Watson, the middle child of three.
The first part of the novel focuses on Kenny's struggles to make friends as a smart and thoughtful ten-year-old, then shifts in setting when his parents decide to deliver their oldest son, Byron, to live with his grandmother in Birmingham, Alabama.
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The family embarks on a road trip to the Deep South, and while visiting Alabama, they get caught up in a tragic historical event of the Civil Rights Movement.
The Watsons Go to Birmingham – 1963 communicates the realities of racial injustice to both adult and youth audiences.
It has received many
