The Watsons go to Birmingham, 1963

	The Watsons Go to Birmingham, 1963 by Christopher Paul Curtis
		Use this resource to access reference, newspaper and journal articles as well as pictures and primary source documents about Birmingham, Martin Luther King and even some old news articles. Get the subscription passwords from the library!
	Bob Dylan's "Oxford Town"	National Public Radio discusses the 16th Street Church Bombing
Kenny Watson and his family take a road trip from Flint, MI to Birmingham, Alabama to visit Grandma. While they are there, her church is bombed!	About the 1963 Birmingham Bombing Use this link to read UPI news reports from 1963.	Social Stratification in the American South This site includes journal entries by people visiting the 16th street church and talking with people who lived at the time. It describes Birmingham as it was in 1963 through the eyes of some people who lived there.
Birmingham Bombing Bypass all the ads on this site and look at the timeline of the bombing. See also the eulogy delivered by The Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King at the funeral for the four girls who died there.

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