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About The Watsons Go to Birmingham–1963: 25th Anniversary Edition. During one of the most important times in the civil rights movement, one unforgettable family goes on a road trip in this Newbery and Coretta Scott King Honoree, from author Christopher Paul Curtis, recipient of the Coretta Scott King–Virginia Hamilton Award for Lifetime Achievement.
Sep 8, 1997 · The Watsons Go to Birmingham--1963 tells the story of 10-year-old Kenny and his family, the Weird Watsons of Flint, Michigan, and their unforgettable journey that leads them into one of the darkest moments in American history. It is by turns a hilarious, touching, and tragic story about civil rights and the impact of violence on one family.
Overview. Christopher Paul Curtis’s 1995 historical-fiction novel The Watsons Go to Birmingham—1963 centers on a Black family navigating their daily lives in Flint, Michigan, against the backdrop of the Civil Rights Movement and racial unrest in the U.S. South. Narrated by ten-year-old Kenny Watson, the novel tells the story of the Watson ...
The Watsons Go To Birmingham. Based on the bestselling book, the film chronicles an African American family from Flint, Michigan, and how they are drastically changed while visiting Grandma in Alabama during the height of the civil rights movement in the summer of 1963. 1,512 IMDb 6.5 1 h 26 min 2013. X-Ray 7+.
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The Watsons Go to Birmingham is the tale of a summer journey that leaves a family - and a nation - forever transformed. During that historic summer, the Watsons find themselves caught up in something far bigger than Byron's antics - something that will change their lives and country forever. 1,506 IMDb 6.5 1 h 24 min 2013. PG.
Based on the bestselling book, The Watsons Go To Birmingham, the film chronicles the ordinary interactions and everyday routines of the Watsons, an African American family living in Flint, Michigan, and how they are drastically changed after they go to visit Grandma in Alabama in the summer of 1963 during the height of the civil rights movement.
The Watsons go to Birmingham—1963 / Christopher Paul Curtis. p. cm. Summary:The ordinary interactions and everyday routines of the Watsons,an African American family living in Flint,Michigan,are drastically changed after they go to visit Grandma in Alabama in the summer of 1963. eISBN 0-385-72985-5 v1.0
