We were the fire, Birmingham 1963, Shelia P. Moses
Type
Label
We were the fire, Birmingham 1963, Shelia P. Moses
Language
eng
Index
no index present
resource.interestAgeLevel
Ages 10 and up, Nancy Paulsen Books
Literary Form
fiction
Main title
We were the fire
Oclc number
1291875885
Responsibility statement
Shelia P. Moses
Sub title
Birmingham 1963
Summary
Determined to stand up for their rights, eleven-year-old Rufus, a Black boy, and his friends participate in the 1963 civil rights protests in Birmingham, AlabamaRufus 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 cause--to show that separate is not equal. Rufus'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 that'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 that'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 boy's heroism during what came to be known as the Children's Crusade in this important novel that highlights a key turning point in the civil rights movement
Target audience
juvenile
resource.variantTitle
Birmingham 1963