Why read We've Got a Job?

Book cover of We've Got a Job: The 1963 Birmingham Children's March

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The inspiring story of the 1963 Birmingham Children's March as seen through the eyes of four young people at the center of the action.

The 1963 Birmingham Children's March was a turning point in American civil rights history. Black Americans had had enough of segregation and police brutality, but with…

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1 author picked We've Got a Job as one of their favorite books. Why do they recommend it?

Anthony Grooms

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I wanted a good middle-grade book to introduce my son to the Birmingham Children’s March. Doing so was important to me since his mother grew up in Birmingham, a little girl in 1963. Levinson’s book features the stories of four children, one who was my wife’s schoolmate, who marched and were fire-hosed. With historical photographs and interviews, the book is an inviting and moving introduction for middle-graders to the why and how of the Movement and the bravery of the youngest activists.

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