The above excerpt is taken from the famous novel The Watsons Go to Birmingham. This novel was written by Christopher Paul Curtis. It was a story of a family who went to a trip to Birmingham, a city in Alabama which is a state of the United States of America. In their trip, a young boy experiences a terrible event during the Civil Rights movement.
The Watson's family caught up in terrible struggle for their basic human rights in the city of Birmingham.
The story revolves around the tragic incidents and the harsh environment that a 10 year old boy has to suffer during the civil rights movement.