Review: Bending Toward Justice: The Birmingham Church Bombing that Changed the Course of Civil Rights by Doug Jones

Title: Bending Toward Justice: The Birmingham Church Bombing that Changed the Course of Civil Rights
Author: Doug Jones
Publisher: All Points Books
Publication Date: March 5, 2019
Edition: ebook (400 pages)
Genres:

• Nonfiction
• African American History
• Civil Rights
• History

My Rating: 5 of 5 stars

Doug Jones tells the story of his prosecution of two of the KKK men who, on September 15, 1963, were responsible for the bombing of the 16th Street Baptist Church in Birmingham, Alabama, with resulted in the murder of four young girls and the injury of more than twenty other people. In 2018, Doug Jones was elected by the people of Alabama to represent the state in the United States Senate. In this book, he also tells that story, as well as that of his childhood and family life.

I found this book fascinating, poignant, and an affirmation of how tenacious effort and perseverance can ultimately bring about justice. And I cried my way through the pages as Doug Jones detailed the tremendous effort it took, by so many, to bring these perpetrators to justice, I realized how much this book resonates with me on so many levels. If you have an interest in history, civil rights, social change, justice and public service, you will find this book a most excellent read.