The Watsons Go to Birmingham—1963
by Reginald André Jackson

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Full Length Dramatic Comedy / Ten-year-old Kenny chronicles the events of a fateful summer for the Watson family of Flint, Michigan, in this hilarious and deeply moving story.

There's Momma, Dad, little sister Joetta and teenage brother Byron, who can't seem to stay out of trouble.

Concerned about this budding juvenile delinquent in their family, Momma and Dad decide it's time for Byron to have a lengthy stay with strict Grandma Sands in Birmingham, Alabama.

The family piles into the Brown Bomber and heads south—toward a horrific moment in American history: the bombing of the Sixteenth Avenue Baptist Church during which four young black girls are killed.

(Cast: 7m., 3w., 1 either gender ~ some doubling)

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Year2000
BindingPaperback
Pages94
LanguageEnglish
ISBN-139781583426470
ISBN-101583426477

The Watsons Go to Birmingham—1963 is a play written by Reginald André Jackson and published by Dramatic Publishing (2000).

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