Birmingham Sunday /

Brimner, Larry Dane.

Birmingham Sunday / Larry Dane Brimner. - 1st ed. - Honesdale, Pa. : Calkins Creek, c2010. - 48 p. : ill. ; 27 x 29 cm.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 46).

Wilson's Children, October 2010 Wilson's Junior High School, October 2010 School Library Journal starred, April 2010 Library Media Connection starred, August 2010 Booklist, February 2010 Kirkus Starred, February 2010 Horn Book, October 2010 Bulletin (Center for Children's books), April 2010 Christian Library, June 2012

Provides an account of the racially-motivated bombing of the Sixteenth Street Baptist Church in Birmingham, Alabama, on September 15, 1963, which resulted in the deaths of four children, and discusses how the tragedy spurred the passage of the landmark 1964 civil rights legislation.

8.2. 5-8 Follett Library Resources.



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Ku Klux Klan--History.
Sixteenth Street Baptist Church (Birmingham, Ala.)


African Americans--Civil rights--History.--Birmingham (Ala.)
Bombings--History.
Hate crimes--History.
Racism--History.


Birmingham (Ala.)--Race relations--History.

F334.B69 / B75 2010

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