A turning point for Melody was when a fellow student expressed her intention of moving to another school out of fear for being discriminated , and when news about the 16th Street Baptist Church bombing was aired on television , making her question the Pledge of Allegiance and consider moving to a school at her neighborhood . Fearing that a similar bombing would happen at the chapel where Melody 's family attend mass in , Melody tries to convince her mother not to perform at a fundraising concert for the Birmingham victims ; Frances reassures her , and sees hope in her daughter . Melody puts her creative skill at clothing design to good use , upcycling an old garment into a shawl for her mother to wear at her piano performance
16th Street Baptist Church bombing
16th Street Baptist Church bombing
An American Girl Story – Melody 1963: Love Has to Win