Takes place in Birmingham during the civil rights movement.
Mane civil rights leaders believed that if they could get Birmingham to eliminate segregation that many other cities and states would follow.
The family in this book travels from Flint, MI to Birmingham where the Civil Rights movement is in full swing.
The Ku Klux Klan was a major group that was against the Civil Rights movement and caused many terrorist attacks against the movement.
There were also many organizations that supported African Americans during this time.
This time was a great struggle especially in the south and changed laws, politics, and culture forever in these regions.
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