Birmingham Sunday Contributor(s): Brimner, Larry Dane (Author) |
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ISBN: 1590786130 ISBN-13: 9781590786130 Publisher: Calkins Creek Books OUR PRICE: $17.09 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: February 2010 |
Additional Information |
BISAC Categories: - Juvenile Nonfiction | History - United States - 20th Century - Juvenile Nonfiction | People & Places - United States - African-american - Juvenile Nonfiction | Social Topics - Prejudice & Racism |
Dewey: 323.119 |
LCCN: 2009035716 |
Lexile Measure: 1190 |
Physical Information: 0.4" H x 10.1" W x 11.1" (1.15 lbs) 48 pages |
Themes: - Chronological Period - 20th Century - Ethnic Orientation - African American |
Accelerated Reader Info |
Quiz #: 135221 Reading Level: 8.2 Interest Level: Middle Grades Point Value: 2.0 |
Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
Publisher Description: A Jane Addams Children's Honor Book A NCTE Orbis Pictus Honor Book A 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. |