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

“perilous ventures in brinkmanship” and
Time scolded him for using children as
“shock troops.” The U.S. attorney
general, Robert F. Kennedy, warned that
“schoolchildren participating in street
demonstrations is a dangerous business,”
and said, “An injured, maimed or dead
child is a price that none of us can afford
to pay.”^10
On the Friday night, after the second
day of children’s protests, King spoke at
16th Street Baptist Church to the parents
of those who had been arrested that day
and the day before. They knew full well
the dangers and humiliations of being a
black person in Birmingham. Jesus said
He’d go as far as Memphis. Can you