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The Watson go to Birmingham 1963 -Timeline Project

  • Winter in Flint Michigan- Chapter 1- And You Wonder Why We Get Called the Weird Watsons

    Winter in Flint Michigan- Chapter 1- And You Wonder Why We Get Called the Weird Watsons
    Start of the book describes the Watsons and the set up of the winter.
  • Kenny meets Rufus

    Kenny meets Rufus
    Kenny meets a southern kid called Rufus at school and becomes friends with him and his little brother Cody.
  • Byron gets burned by his Flamethrower of Death

    Byron gets burned by his Flamethrower of Death
    Byron, Kenny's older brother gets in trouble when lighting toy soldiers in a toilet paper parachute on fire. His punishment is being burnt on the finger but it never happends because Joetta, Kenny's younger sister, blows out the flame right before the flame touches Byrons finger.
  • First Lung Transplant!

    First Lung Transplant!
    An unidentified 58 year old man, suffering from lung cancer, was admitted to the University of Mississippi hospital. On June 11, 1963, he would become the first person to receive a lung transplant.
  • Martin Luther King Jr. - I Have a Dream Speech

    Martin Luther King Jr. - I Have a Dream Speech
    "I Have a Dream" is a public speech delivered by American civil rights activist Martin Luther King Jr. on August 28, 1963, in which he calls for an end to racism in the United States. Delivered to over 250,000 civil rights supporters from the steps of the Lincoln Memorial during the March on Washington, the speech was a defining moment of the American Civil Rights Movement.
  • Dad Makes some improvements -Chapter 8- The Ultra-Glide

    Dad Makes some improvements -Chapter 8- The Ultra-Glide
    On Saturday morning, Dad goes out early and comes back with a surprise. He makes the whole family line up outside with their eyes closed.
    Then he reveals the latest addition to the Brown Bomber: a record player installed in the dashboard.
  • Start Trip to Birmingham

    Start Trip to Birmingham
    The Watsons take a trip to Birmingham, AL to Drop off Byron (the main characters older brother) and to visit Kenny's Mom's Grandma, Grandma Sands
  • The Watsons Arrive at Birmingham, AL

  • Kenny Meets Wool Pooh

    Kenny Meets Wool Pooh
    Kenny goes to Collier's Landing with his family. Kenny splits up with his family on purpose to swim in a dangerous area of the Lake, he almost gets killed by "Wool Pooh", Whinnie the Pooh's Evil brother.
  • 16th Street Baptist Church bombing

    16th Street Baptist Church bombing
    The 16th Street Baptist Church bombing was an act of white supremacist terrorism which occurred at the African-American 16th Street Baptist Church in Birmingham, Alabama on Sunday, September 15, 1963, when four members of the Ku Klux Klan planted a minimum of 15 sticks of dynamite attached to a timing device beneath the front steps of the church. In The Watsons go to Birmingham, Lenny (The Main Character) thinks that his younger sister was there when the bomb exploded.
  • The Watson's leave Birmingham

    The Watson's leave Birmingham
    The Watsons Leave Birmingham after the tragic event of 1963
  • Watson's Pet Hospital

    Watson's Pet Hospital
    After when Kenny gets home from the trip he hides behind the family couch by the TV, he hopes to become heathly from being behind the couch, random animals come to his house and get better from being behind the couch, like they are healed.