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S'està carregant… We Were the Fire: Birmingham 1963de Shelia P. Moses
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Apunta't a LibraryThing per saber si aquest llibre et pot agradar. No hi ha cap discussió a Converses sobre aquesta obra. An African American tween finds a way to contribute to his community’s struggle for an end to segregation. Eleven-year-old Rufus Jackson Jones Jr. lives in Birmingham, Alabama, in 1963. Following the death of his father, his mother struggles to provide for their family. Life improves when his mother marries Paul Joe Peele. Daddy Paul, as Rufus and his sister call him, insists that they find a better home than their run-down house. So the family rents a home on the property of Miss Boone, the owner of the mill that employs most of the town—a move that angers some White people in the community, as the other families living on the property are mostly White. The civil rights movement is a major topic of conversation for young and old alike, and Rufus wants to learn all he can. Plans for a march involving Dr. Martin Luther King and the Rev. Fred Shuttlesworth are in the works, and for the first time, students will march. The first marches result in jail for many but continue to grow until the protestors face police dogs and fire hoses. Moses takes readers inside the movement that saw its youngest become effective challengers to the segregation status quo. Her narrative seamlessly weaves a personal family story with the larger one of the fight for change. Rufus is an engaging, thoughtful narrator whose voice and perspective ring true as he works to make a difference, even disobeying his mother, who is terrified about what might happen. The love and determination of his community are realistically and richly portrayed. A stirring, cleareyed look at the young people who risked much for social change as they fought for their civil rights. (author’s note) (Historical fiction. 9-12) -Kirkus Review Sense ressenyes | afegeix-hi una ressenya
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African American Fiction.
Juvenile Fiction.
Juvenile Literature.
Historical Fiction.
HTML:The powerful story of an eleven-year-old Black boy determined to stand up for his rights, who's pulled into the action of the 1963 civil rights demonstrations in Birmingham, Alabama. Rufus Jackson Jones is from Birmingham, the place Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. called the most segregated place in the country. A place that in 1963 is full of civil rights activists including Dr. King. The adults are trying to get more attention to their causeâ??to show that separate is not equal. Rufusâ??s dad works at the local steel factory, and his mom is a cook at the mill. If they participate in marches, their bosses will fire them. So thatâ??s where the kids decide they will come in. Nobody can fire them. So on a bright May morning in 1963, Rufus and his buddies join thousands of other students to peacefully protest in a local park. There they are met with policemen and firemen who turn their powerful hoses on them, and thatâ??s where Rufus realizes that they are the fire. And they will not be put out. Shelia Moses gives readers a deeply personal account of one boyâ??s heroism during what came to be known as the Childrenâ??s Crusade in this important novel that highlights a key turning point in the civi No s'han trobat descripcions de biblioteca. |
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The kids want to get involved with the Children's Crusade that is happening as Martin Luther King Jr comes to town and works with Fred Shuttlesworth to lead some Civil Rights actions. His mom is at first fearful of his involvement, but the whole family gets involved despite risks of arrest. The stakes seem to high for them not to.
A quick, accessible read centered around the protest events in Birmingham in spring 1963. ( )