<p>From the war-torn rice fields of Vietnam to the riot-filled streets of Birmingham， Alabama， <em>Bombingham</em> is the affecting story of a middle-class black family riven by its personal chaos. When Walter Burke is faced with writing a letter to the parents of a fallen friend and fellow soldier， he is taken back to his childhood amidst the Civil Rights Movement. From it， he recalls the segregated city， the fledgling movement， and the momentous responsibility to act. <br />

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<p>Walter reflects on how he and his family were challenged by the swelling resistance to the horrific realities of segregation in a city where little girls could be bombed in church and their fathers jailed for just looking at a white person in the wrong way. The parents'</p>