Kenny Watson: Summary

Kenny Watson is a ten-year-old African American boy who lives in the northern town of Flint, Michigan with his family. His older brother, Byron, is a magnet for trouble; his little sister, Joetta, is the family peacekeeper; his mother and father are doing their best to raise respectful children during the civil rights movement of the 1960s. It’s 1963, and Momma and Dad decide to pack up the Brown Bomber and head to Birmingham, Alabama in hopes that a visit with Grandma will set the rebellious Byron straight. While in Birmingham, the children learn about racial intolerance when a church is bombed on a Sunday morning. The reader may not understand the dangers that accompanied the civil rights movement, but the reader can relate to Kenny’s emotional