The Washington Post, December 2nd, 2001
Witnesses, survivors and scholars agree that the 1963 bombing of the 16th Street Baptist Church in Birmingham, Ala., which resulted in the deaths of four young girls, was a turning point in the long struggle for civil rights for black Americans. The bombing rocked the collective conscience of Americans and provoked increased scrutiny -- and disapproval -- from the international scene. Nearly 40 years later, artists in various genres, from painting to filmmaking to fiction, have begun to revisit that pivotal setting. Christopher Paul Curtis's first book, written for a middle-school audience, is...
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