While the world watched
Subtitle: a Birmingham bombing survivor comes of age during the civil rights movement
By: Carolyn Maull McKinstry with Denise George
Contributors: George, Denise
Publisher: Tyndale House Publishers
Published: 2011
Place of publication: Carol Stream, Ill
Language: eng
Number of pages: 301
ISBN-13: 9781414336367
Subjects: Civil rights movements; Social conditions; African Americans; 16th Street Baptist Church Bombing, Birmingham, Ala., 1963; Biography; History
Description: On September 15, 1963, a Klan-planted bomb went off in the 16th Street Baptist Church in Birmingham, Alabama. 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. It was one of the seminal moments in the Civil Rights movement, a sad day in American history ... and the turning point in a young girl's life. 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. 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.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 295-301).