The Watsons Go to Birmingham

In 1963 the Watson family leaves Michigan for a road trip to Birmingham, Alabama, to see their grandmother. Narrated by ten-year-old Kenny, the story follows his mischievous older brother Byron, his younger sister Joetta, and his parents as they navigate family dynamics and the shifting social landscape of the South. When they arrive in Birmingham, they confront the harsh realities of segregation and become caught up in the pivotal, tragic events of the civil-rights movement.