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The Port Chicago 50 : disaster, mutiny, and the fight for civil rights  Cover Image Book Book

The Port Chicago 50 : disaster, mutiny, and the fight for civil rights

Sheinkin, Steve (Author).

Summary: Presents an account of the 1944 civil rights protest involving hundreds of African-American Navy servicemen who were unjustly charged with mutiny for refusing to work in unsafe conditions after the deadly Port Chicago explosion.

Record details

  • ISBN: 9781596439832 (ebook)
  • ISBN: 1596437960 (hardcover : alk. paper)
  • ISBN: 9781596437968 (hardcover : alk. paper)
  • Physical Description: 200 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
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  • Edition: First edtion.
  • Publisher: New York : Roaring Brook Press, 2014.

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Formatted Contents Note: First hero -- The policy -- Port Chicago -- Work and liberty -- The lawyer -- Hot cargo -- The explosion -- The inquiry -- Column left -- Prison barge -- The fifty -- Treasure Island -- Prosecution -- Joe Small -- The verdict -- Hard labor -- Small goes to sea -- Epilogue: Civil rights heroes.
Awards Note:
Boston Globe/Horn Book Nonfiction Award Winner, 2014. Please see this link for futher information: http://www.hbook.com/2014/05/news/boston-globe-horn-book-awards/2014-boston-globe-horn-book-awards-excellence-childrens-literature/#_
Subject: World War, 1939-1945 Participation, African American Juvenile literature
Port Chicago Mutiny, Port Chicago, Calif., 1944 Juvenile literature
Port Chicago Mutiny Trial, San Francisco, Calif., 1944 Juvenile literature
United States. Navy African Americans History 20th century Juvenile literature
African American sailors History 20th century Juvenile literature
African Americans Civil rights History 20th century Juvenile literature
World War, 1939-1945 Participation, African American
Port Chicago Mutiny, Port Chicago, Calif., 1944
Port Chicago Mutiny Trial, San Francisco, Calif., 1944
United States. Navy African Americans History 20th century
African American sailors History 20th century
African Americans Civil rights History 20th century

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Homer Public Library J 940.54 SHE (Text) 000118003 Children's Library -- Nonfiction Available -
Homer Public Library YA 940.54 SHE (Text) 000118002 Teen Corner -- Nonfiction Available -

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