We Were the Fire

Rufus lives in the 1960's in Birmingham, Alabama.  Black people like him are segregated, and not allowed to do what white people can do.  When Martin Luther King encourages blacks to protest peacefully, the adults fear losing their jobs.  So the children of Birmingham step up and speak up.  The world sees what the police are doing to kids, and people demand change.  (There is a picture book that deals with the same topic:  Let The Children March, by Monica Clark-Robinson.)  This is a short novel that is on the 23-24 Great Stone Face list.  (FIC MOS)