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Nowwithanewafterword,thePulitzerPrize-winningdramaticaccountofthecivilrightsera'sclimacticbattleinBirminghamasthemovement,ledbyMartinLutherKing,Jr,broughtdowntheinstitutionsofsegregation"TheYearofBirmingham,"1963,wasacataclysmicturningpointinAmerica'slongcivilrightsstruggleChilddemonstratorsfaceddownpolicedogsandfirehosesinhugenonviolentmarchesagainstsegregationKuKluxKlansmenretaliatedbybombingtheSixteenthStreetBaptistChurch,killingfouryoungblackgirlsDianeMcWhorter,daughterofaprominentBirminghamfamily,weavestogetherpoliceandFBIrecords,archivaldocuments,interviewswithblackactivistsandKlansmen,andpersonalmemoriesintoanextraordinarynarrativeofthepersonalitiesandeventsthatbroughtaboutAmerica'ssecondemancipationInanewafterword--reportinglastencounterswithheroReverendFredShuttlesworthanddescribingthecurrentdrasticanti-immigrationlawsinAlabama--theauthordemonstratesthatAlabamaremainsacivilrightscrucible