We've Got a Job

By May 1963, African Americans in Birmingham, Alabama, had had enough of segregation and police brutality. But with their lives and jobs at stake, most adults were hesitant to protest the city's racist culture. Instead, children and teenagers-like Audrey, Wash, James, and Arnetta- marched to jail to secure their freedom.
**** At a time when the civil rights movement was struggling, Birmingham's black youth answered Dr. Martin Luther King's call to “fill the jails” of their city. In doing so,...