David and Goliath: Underdogs, Misfits, and the Art of Battling Giants

to Make This Land My Home.” They
sang “We Shall Overcome” and “Ain’t
Gonna Let Nobody Turn Me Around.”
Outside the church, Connor’s police
officers waited. The children dropped to
their knees and prayed, then filed into
the open doors of the paddy wagons.
Then another dozen came out. Then
another dozen, and another, and another
—until Connor’s men had begun to get
an inkling that the stakes had been raised
again.
A police officer spotted Fred
Shuttlesworth. “Hey, Fred, how many
more have you got?”
“At least a thousand more,” he
replied.
“God A’mighty,” the officer said.