"About this title" may belong to another edition of this title. And for Walter, the war was just beginning. In the streets of Birmingham, ordinary citizens risked their lives to change America. From a tortured past lingered questions of faith, and a terrible family crisis found its climax as the city did the same. As the great movement swelled around them, the Burkes faced tremendous obstacles of their own. Their paper route never took them to the white areas of town. Walter and Lamar were always aware of the terms of segregation-the horrendous rules and stifling reality.
The juxtaposition is so powerful-between war-torn Vietnam and terror-filled "Bombingham"-that he is drawn back to the summer that would see his transition from childish wonder at the world to his certain knowledge of his place in it. But all he can think of is his childhood friend Lamar, the friend with whom he first experienced the fury of violence, on the streets of Birmingham, at the height of the Civil Rights Movement. C.Īlso avaialbe in paperback and audiobook.In his barracks, Walter Burke is trying to write a letter to the parents of a fallen soldier, an Alabama man who died in a muddy rice paddy. From the war-torn rice fields of Vietnam to the riot-filled streets of Birmingham, Alabama, Bombingham is the affecting story of a middle-class black.
And for Walter, the war was just beginning.īOMBINGHAM was named a Washington Post Best Book, won the Lillian Smith Prize for Fiction, was a Finalist for the Hurston/Wright Legacy Award and a city-wide read for Washington, D. As the great movement swelled around them, the Burkes faced tremendous obstacles oxsf their own. They write compellingly about the ways segregation, protest, race relations, and sweeping social changes affect individuals and their relationships. They consider the effectiveness of organizing tactics and the ethical implications of resistance strategies. Walter and Lamar were always aware of the terms of segregation-the horrendous rules and stifling reality. Authors speak of political awakening to systemic racism and violence. The juxtaposition is so powerful-between war-torn Vietnam and terror-filled “Bombingham”-that he is drawn back to the summer that would see his transition from childish wonder at the world to his certain knowledge of his place in it. In his barracks, Walter Burke is trying to write a letter to the parents of a fallen soldier, an Alabama man who died in a muddy rice paddy.
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