Birmingham Sunday
Honesdale, PA : Calkins Creek, [2010]
Format: Book
Edition: First edition.
Description: 48 pages : illustrations ; 26 x 29 cm
Jane Addams Children's Honor Book
NCTE Orbis Pictus Honor Book
Kirkus Reviews Best Children's Book of the Year
This nonfiction picture book focuses on Birmingham Sunday, a fateful day and significant part of the Civil Rights movement, and places it in historical context.
Racial bombings were so frequent in Birmingham, Alabama that it became known as "Bombingham." Until September 15, 1963, these attacks had been threatening but not deadly. On that Sunday morning, however, a blast in the 16th Street Baptist Church ripped through the exterior wall and claimed the lives of four girls. The church was the ideal target for segregationists, as it was the rallying place for Birmingham's African American community, Martin Luther King, Jr., using it as his "headquarters" when he was in town to further the cause of desegregation and equal rights. Rather than triggering paralyzing fear, the bombing was the definitive act that guaranteed passage of the landmark 1964 civil rights legislation.
NCTE Orbis Pictus Honor Book
Kirkus Reviews Best Children's Book of the Year
This nonfiction picture book focuses on Birmingham Sunday, a fateful day and significant part of the Civil Rights movement, and places it in historical context.
Racial bombings were so frequent in Birmingham, Alabama that it became known as "Bombingham." Until September 15, 1963, these attacks had been threatening but not deadly. On that Sunday morning, however, a blast in the 16th Street Baptist Church ripped through the exterior wall and claimed the lives of four girls. The church was the ideal target for segregationists, as it was the rallying place for Birmingham's African American community, Martin Luther King, Jr., using it as his "headquarters" when he was in town to further the cause of desegregation and equal rights. Rather than triggering paralyzing fear, the bombing was the definitive act that guaranteed passage of the landmark 1964 civil rights legislation.
Subjects:
Ku Klux Klan (1915- ) -- Alabama -- Birmingham -- History -- 20th century -- Juvenile literature.
Sixteenth Street Baptist Church (Birmingham, Ala.) -- Juvenile literature.
African Americans -- Civil rights -- Alabama -- Birmingham -- History -- 20th century -- Juvenile literature.
African Americans -- Crimes against -- Alabama -- Birmingham -- History -- 20th century -- Juvenile literature.
Bombings -- Alabama -- Birmingham -- History -- 20th century -- Juvenile literature.
Hate crimes -- Alabama -- Birmingham -- History -- 20th century -- Juvenile literature.
Racism -- Alabama -- Birmingham -- History -- 20th century -- Juvenile literature.
Birmingham (Ala.) -- Race relations -- History -- 20th century -- Juvenile literature.
Ku Klux Klan (1915- ) -- Alabama -- Birmingham -- History -- 20th century -- Juvenile literature.
Sixteenth Street Baptist Church (Birmingham, Ala.) -- Juvenile literature.
African Americans -- Civil rights -- Alabama -- Birmingham -- History -- 20th century -- Juvenile literature.
African Americans -- Crimes against -- Alabama -- Birmingham -- History -- 20th century -- Juvenile literature.
Bombings -- Alabama -- Birmingham -- History -- 20th century -- Juvenile literature.
Hate crimes -- Alabama -- Birmingham -- History -- 20th century -- Juvenile literature.
Racism -- Alabama -- Birmingham -- History -- 20th century -- Juvenile literature.
Birmingham (Ala.) -- Race relations -- History -- 20th century -- Juvenile literature.
Target Audience: NC1190L
ISBN:
9781590786130 (hardcover : alk. paper)
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C HISTORY US Civil Rights Bri | Main (Downtown) | Garden Level, Children's NonFiction | In |
C HISTORY US Civil Rights Bri | Main (Downtown) | Garden Level, Children's NonFiction | In |
C HISTORY US Civil rights Bri | Main (Downtown) | Garden Level, Children's NonFiction | In |
C HISTORY US Civil Rights Bri | Main (Downtown) | Available by placing a hold, Repository - Children's | In |
C HISTORY US Civil Rights Bri | Ballentine Indoors | Children's NonFiction | In |
C HISTORY US Civil Rights Bri | North Main | Children's NonFiction | In |
C HISTORY US Civil Rights Bri | Northeast Indoors | Children's NonFiction | In |
Includes bibliographical references and index.