Weve Got a Job The 1963 Birmingham ..., Cynthia Levinson
Weve Got a Job The 1963 Birmingham ..., Cynthia Levinson
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We've Got a Job: The 1963 Birmingham Children's March

Author: Cynthia Levinson

Narrator: Ervin Ross

Unabridged: 6 hr 22 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 08/28/2012

Includes: Bonus Material Bonus Material Included


Synopsis

By May 1963, African Americans in Birmingham, Alabama, had had enough of segregation and police brutality. But with their lives and jobs at stake, most adults were hesitant to protest the city’s racist culture. Instead, children and teenagers—like Audrey, Wash, James, and Arnetta— marched to jail to secure their freedom.
     At a time when the civil rights movement was struggling, Birmingham’s black youth answered Dr. Martin Luther King’s call to “fill the jails” of their city. In doing so, they drew national attention to the cause, helped bring about the repeal of segregation laws, and inspired thousands of other young people to demand their rights. 
     Combining extensive research and in-depth interviews with protesters, Cynthia Levinson recreates the events of the Birmingham Children’s March from a new and very personal perspective.

Includes a bonus PDF of resources from the print edition

About The Author

Cynthia Levinson holds degrees from Wellesley College and Harvard University and also attended the Lyndon B. Johnson School of Public Affairs. A former teacher and educational policy consultant and researcher, she has also published articles in Appleseeds, Calliope, Dig, Faces, and Odyssey. Visit her online at www.cynthialevinson.com


Reviews

Goodreads review by Barb on September 27, 2014

When the Red River crested in 1997 the water was filling up the streets like a bathtub and moving so fast I couldn't get sandbags piled around our house quick enough. My husband was working and I was chiseling ice off the grass so the water wouldn't seep under the sandbags. I knew it was a losing ba......more

Goodreads review by Monica on April 07, 2012

For years, one of my favorite teaching materials for the Movement has been the documentary Eyes on the Prize, in particular the section focusing on the 1963 Birmingham Children's Campaign. And so I was delighted to enter Levinson's  focused examination of this particular historical episode. She begi......more

Goodreads review by Barbara on March 16, 2016

Thanks to Mighty Times: The Children's March, a film distributed by the Southern Poverty Law Center's Teaching Tolerance, Larry Dane Brimner's Black & White (2011) and Phillip Hoose's Claudette Colvin: Twice Toward Justice (2009), I knew something about the role of children and teens in the Civil Ri......more

Goodreads review by Esil on November 11, 2014

I got a free copy of this book from Netgalley. I selected it because it deals with an event in history that I knew very little about -- the protests and jailing of children and teenagers in Birmingham during the civil rights movement. It is aimed at young readers and focuses on the involvement of 4......more

Goodreads review by Jim on September 03, 2021

A decent bit of young adult history of the contribution of youthful activism in the civil rights movement, in this case in the staunchly racist segregationist city of Birmingham. Not enough credit is given to the importance of students in pushing forward the agenda when adult activism stalled and so......more