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The Watsons Go To Birmingham-1963

I chose to read The Watsons Go To Birmingham-1963 because I like to learn and or read about historical events. The Watsons are an african american family during the civil rights movement. I like to learn about the civil rights movement and Dr. Martin Luther King Jr's speech

An example of an historically accurate technology is a house phone. Another example could possibly be mail since they didn't have mobile phones. Another example is the TT AB-700 because they said it was a drive around record player and them made it sound like not many people had one in there car. Another example was the beginning of the use of small portable tv sets.

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