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 cause—to show
that separate is not equal. Rufus’s dad works at the steel
factory, and his mom is a cook at the mill, and 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.
General
Imprint: |
Nancy Paulsen Books
|
Country of origin: |
United States |
Release date: |
2024 |
Authors: |
Shelia P Moses
|
Dimensions: |
197 x 129 x 11mm (L x W x T) |
Pages: |
176 |
ISBN-13: |
978-0-593-40750-9 |
Categories: |
Books
|
LSN: |
0-593-40750-4 |
Barcode: |
9780593407509 |
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