OFF SITE: CYNTHIA LEVINSON - We've Got a Job *Release Party*

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Young Adult Events

Start: 03/04/2012 3:00 pm

Middle Grade Author
CYNTHIA LEVINSON
will speak & sign
We've Got a Job:
The 1963 Birmingham Children's March
at the Carver Museum.

BookPeople will be on hand at the Carver Museum
to sell books this afternoon.

Join us this afternoon when we celebrate the release of Austin author and SCBWI member Cynthia Levinson's wonderful new book for middle-grade readers that highlights a fascinating piece of American history.

Between May 2 and May 7, 1963, 3,000-4,000 children–yes, children–marched to protest segregation and to get arrested and jailed in Birmingham, Alabama. Many of them were charged by snarling police dogs and washed down the street by powerful fire hoses. Nevertheless, day after day, more of them marched and went to jail. Why? Meet the marchers who tell their stories in We’ve Got a Job. Through the eyes of these protesters and others who participated, We've Got a Job tells this little-known story. The children succeeded - where adults had failed - in desegregating one of the most racially violent cities in America.

Cynthia Levinson interviewed dozens of participants in the Birmingham Children's March and spent four years researching and writing We've Got a Job to share their stories. A former teacher and educational policy consultant and researcher, she has also published articles in Appleseeds, Calliope, Dig, Faces, and Odyssey. She divides her time between Texas and Massachusetts.

The Carver Museum is located at:
1165 Angelina Street

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Thank you for supporting Cynthia Levinson, and your local independent bookstore!