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The Watsons Go to Birmingham – 1963

The Watsons Go to Birmingham – 1963. a collection of terms and images related to Christopher Paul Curtis’s 1995 novel. the “brown bomber” (p. 6). “That was what we called our car. It was a 1948 Plymouth that was dull brown and real big, Byron said it was turd brown.”.

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The Watsons Go to Birmingham – 1963

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  1. The Watsons Go to Birmingham – 1963 a collection of terms and images related to Christopher Paul Curtis’s 1995 novel

  2. the “brown bomber” (p. 6) “That was what we called our car. It was a 1948 Plymouth that was dull brown and real big, Byron said it was turd brown.” From Mike’s 1940’s Automobile Page @ http://free.prohosting.com/~plymouth/alexp15.jpg

  3. conk (p. 87) “Byron had gotten a conk! A process! A do! A butter! A ton of trouble! His hair was reddish brown, straight, stiff and slick-looking. Parts of it stuck up like porcupine stickers because Momma hadn’t been too gentle when she snatched the handkerchief off.”

  4. “conk” a lye-straightened hairdo popularized in the 1920s by Cab Calloway • definition: The Racial Slur Database @ http://www.geocities.com/coop917/slurs.html • image: the KINGS of SWING @ http://www2.kenyon.edu/Depts/IPHS/Projects/swing1/music/kings.htm Cab Calloway

  5. the coasters “Yakkety Yak” • Kenny’s favorite song  • Written by The Coasters • Trivia! The group began in Los Angeles as The Robins. Later part of the group split off and formed a new group in New York. They called themselves The Coasters because of their coast-to-coast roots. Info: Rock and Roll Hall of Fame @ http://www.rockhall.com/hof/inductee.asp?id=81 Image: http://www.clarksvilleriverfest.com/images/Coasters.jpg

  6. “Yakkety Yak” Imagine Kenny and his family listening to this song while sitting in the Brown Bomber!

  7. “Yakkety Yak” (p. 117) “Each of us kids got to play four songs each (I played “Yakety Yak” all four times)…”

  8. The Brown Bomber’s TT AB-700, Ultraglide probably looked like this. PHILIPS Car Record-Player 45 rpm Image: http://home.swipnet.se/~w-49476/100.htm

  9. Buster Brown shoes (p. 142) “I took her shoes off for her, and inside one of her shoes was a kind of worn-down picture of a little white boy with a girl’s hairdo and a smiling dog. In a circle around both of them it said, “Buster Brown.” Image: http://www.famousfootwear.com/shop.asp?shopid=bustr

  10. Buster Brown shoes (p. 117) “As I drifted back to sleep I wondered what a little white boy would think if he knew he was getting stepped on every day by my sister.” image: http://www.yesterdayland.com/popopedia/shows/fashion/fa1152.php

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