While the World Watched by Carolyn Maull McKinstry

2011 C2011 20th century Type Biography Physical description xvi, 301 p., p. A uniquely moving exploration of how racial relations have evolved over the past 5 decades, While the World Watched is an incredible testament to how far we've come and how far we have yet to go. While the World Watched is a poignant and gripping eyewitness account of life in the Jim Crow South - from the bombings, riots and assassinations to the historic marches and triumphs that characterized the Civil Rights movement. and the turning point in a young girl's life. It was one of the seminal moments in the Civil Rights movement, a sad day in American history. Fourteen-year-old Carolyn Maull was just a few feet away when the bomb exploded, killing four of her friends in the girl's rest room she had just exited.

Object Details Author McKinstry, Carolyn Maull 1948- George, Denise Subject McKinstry, Carolyn Maull 1948- Contents Introduction - Timeline - Too great a burden to bear - Highway in and halfway out - The strong one - The bomb heard 'round the world - Life is but a vapor - Four little coffins - The aftermath - The world was silent - 'It's time!' - D-day - Double D-day - The most dangerous racist in America - The battle continues - Servant, heal thyself - Bombingham - Will the violence ever end? - The deaths of the dreamers - Je-Romeo - Turning points - The first arrest - Back to Birmingham - The calling - The Cherry trial - Epilogue - Sample Jim Crow laws - Letter from Barack Obama to the Sixteenth Street Baptist Church Summary On September 15, 1963, a Klan-planted bomb went off in the 16th Street Baptist Church in Birmingham, Alabama. Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, African Art.

While the World Watched by Carolyn Maull McKinstry