Flint, Michigan is home to the Watsons, a close-knit family, in the summer of 1963. When 15-year-old Byron's antics become out of control, his parents decide that the family needs a dose of Grandma Sands' no-nonsense approach in Birmingham, Alabama. As a result, the Watsons board their 1948 Plymouth Brown Bomber and head south. When they arrive in Birmingham, they meet Grandma Sands and her friend, Mr. Robert, and discover that life in Birmingham is very different from life in Flint. During that historic summer, the Watsons become entangled in something far larger than Byron's antics; something that will forever change their lives and the country.
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Flint, Michigan is home to the Watsons, a close-knit family, in the summer of 1963. When 15-year-old Byron's antics become out of control, his parents decide that the family needs a dose of Grandma Sands' no-nonsense approach in Birmingham, Alabama. As a result, the Watsons board their 1948 Plymouth Brown Bomber and head south. When they arrive in Birmingham, they meet Grandma Sands and her friend, Mr. Robert, and discover that life in Birmingham is very different from life in Flint. During that historic summer, the Watsons become entangled in something far larger than Byron's antics; something that will forever change their lives and the country.
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