Young people succeeded where adults had failed.This is the little-known story of 4,000 black elementary-, middle-, and high school students who voluntarily went to jail in Birmingham, Alabama in 1963. These are the first-hand accounts, woven together, of four black children who boycotted school to participate in a march to protest segregation. Their efforts for desegregation during the Civil Rights Movement are well researched and told through original interviews and photos.
