Below are links to some web sites that you might find useful during your teaching of The Watsons Go To Birmingham–1963.

Related Topics

• Civil Rights Timeline
  This site is filled with information on the American Civil Rights movement. Visitors will find a timeline, photographs, and writings about Martin Luther King, Jr.
• In the Memory of Four Little Girls
  This site focuses on the 1963 bombing of the Sixteenth Avenue Baptist Church. Visitors will find news articles, time lines, information on the trial that followed the bombing, and links to related sites.
• Little Rock High 40th Anniversary
  In 1957, after the 1954 Supreme Court decision to end racial segregation in America's public schools, nine African-American students integrated Little Rock Central High School in Little Rock, Arkansas. This site is dedicated to the events surrounding this important moment in history. Visitors will find photographs, background information, and even articles from the 1957­58 editions of the Little Rock Central High School newspaper.
• Powerful Days in Black and White
  Sponsored by Kodak, this site features compelling photographs from the struggle for civil rights in America. Pictures are by photojournalist Charles Moore. Categories include Riots, Klan, Vote, Segregation, Celebrate, Peace.
• We Shall Overcome: Historic Places of the Civil Rights Movement
  This site allows visitors to view and read about key places and events of the Civil Rights movement.

Meet the Author

• Christopher Paul Curtis Fun Facts
  This site includes biographical and career information as well as a message from Curtis that visitors can read or listen to using RealAudio.
• Christopher Paul Curtis on National Public Radio
  Listen to a radio interview with Christopher Paul Curtis using RealAudio. Curtis discusses The Watsons Go to Birmingham‹1963 as well as his other award-winning novel, Bud, Not Buddy.
• Christopher Paul Curtis: Bud, Not Buddy
  Read a brief summary of Christopher Paul Curtis's latest novel, which won the 2000 Newbery Medal.
• Christopher Paul Curtis Teacher Resource Page
  This site by the Internet School Library Media Center presents biographies, book reviews, lessons plans, articles, and other resources related to Curtis¹s work.
• Christopher Paul Curtis: Washington Post.Com
  This Washington Post interview describes Curtis's journey from working in an auto plant to being an award-winning writer.

Related Readings/Other Media Available Online

• Ballad of Birmingham by Dudley Randall
  Read this famous ballad about the bombing of the Sixteenth Avenue Baptist Church in Birmingham, Alabama. The ballad is published online by the Web Institute for Teachers.
• Eyes on the Prize Viewer's Guide
  This site provides background information and questions for discussion to accompany each part of the six-part PBS documentary series.
• The Academy of American Poets: Langston Hughes
  Visitors can find information about this Harlem Renaissance poet's life, review a selected bibliography, and read some of Hughes's best-known poems.
• The Academy of American Poets: Robert Hayden and "Those Winter Sundays"
  Read "Those Winter Sundays" as well as a variety of Hayden's other poems. The site also gives biographical information and links to other Hayden exhibits online.