How The Watsons Go To Birmingham Essay
Living with my family is like living with the weird Watsons from The Watsons Go To Birmingham by Christopher Paul Curtis. The weird Watsons is full of a barrel of laughs, tears, and seriousness. The Watsons go down to Alabama, Birmingham because of the choices Byron ( one of the Watsons) has made. Even though this is a recommended book, it does not go into much detail about Civil Rights. The Watsons Go To Birmingham by Christopher Paul Curtis is an interesting book about Kenny and his family and how they go on a rollercoaster of ups and downs. Overall, this book could be confusing in some chunks of the book, but still was attention grabbing. One of my favorite parts in the book is close to the end when Byron is comforting Kenny because Kenny felt like he did not help out Joetta when the church got bombed. It shows how their
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In the book, it explains that there was a church bombing at a church, the church Joetta went to in Birmingham. Luckily, Joetta got out of the church in time before the bomb went off. Sadly, the tragic bombing killed 4 colored young girls. Research tells me that the bombing was at the 16th Street Baptist in Birmingham. Research also tells me the bombing was Sunday, September 15th 1963. I researched who bombed the church, the people were Thomas Edwin Blaton Jr., Bobby Frank Cherry, Robert Edward Chambliss, and Herman Frank Cash. I got my research from the source www. History.com. On the other hand, there was not much about racism in The Watsons Go To Birmingham. I tried to research on was there any racism in Flint, Michigan? (where the weird Watsons lived) This topic was very difficult researching because of how specific this question was. But while I was doing my research, there was a website that I found that said there was troubles with racism in today’s society. Where I found that out was at the website
In the book, it explains that there was a church bombing at a church, the church Joetta went to in Birmingham. Luckily, Joetta got out of the church in time before the bomb went off. Sadly, the tragic bombing killed 4 colored young girls. Research tells me that the bombing was at the 16th Street Baptist in Birmingham. Research also tells me the bombing was Sunday, September 15th 1963. I researched who bombed the church, the people were Thomas Edwin Blaton Jr., Bobby Frank Cherry, Robert Edward Chambliss, and Herman Frank Cash. I got my research from the source www. History.com. On the other hand, there was not much about racism in The Watsons Go To Birmingham. I tried to research on was there any racism in Flint, Michigan? (where the weird Watsons lived) This topic was very difficult researching because of how specific this question was. But while I was doing my research, there was a website that I found that said there was troubles with racism in today’s society. Where I found that out was at the website