The Watsons Go to Birmingham - 1963 / Curtis, Christopher Paul

The ordinary interactions and everyday routines of the Watsons, an African American family lining in Flint, Michigan, are drastically changed after they go to visit Grandma in Alabama in the summer of 1963.

The ordinary interactions and everyday routines of the Watsons, an African American family living in Flint, Michigan, are drastically changed after they go to visit Grandma in Alabama in the summer of 1963.

The ordinary interactions and everyday routines of the Watsons, an African-American family living in Flint, Michigan, are drastically changed after they go to visit Grandma in Alabama in the summer of 1963.

The ordinary interactions and everyday routines of the Watsons, an African-American family living in Flint, Michigan, are drastically changed after they go to visit Grandma in Alabama in the summer of 1963.

Enter the hilarious world of ten-year-old Kenny and his family, the Wierd Watsons of Flint, Michigan. There's Momma, Dad, LittleJoetta, and brother Byron, who's 13 and an "Official juvenile delinquent." When Momma and Dad decide it's time for a visit to Grandma, Dad comes home with the amazing Ultra-Glide, and the Watsons set out on a trip like no other. They're heading South. They're going to Birmingham, Alabama, toward one of the darkest moments in America's history.