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Gr 4–7—Eleven-year-old Black boy Rufus Jackson Jones lives with his mother and little sister in a shantytown in Birmingham, AL, in 1963. The city is firmly under the grip of Bull Connor and is so segregated that Rufus's pastor, Reverend Shuttleworth, is hoping for a visit from the Reverend Doctor Martin Luther King, Jr. to help the civil rights activists. Rufus keeps abreast of community news through a network of friends and by watching the nightly news. Rufus's father died in a steel mill accident,...Log In or Sign Up to Read More