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Sheinkin, Steve.
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United States. Navy -- Blacks -- History -- 20th century -- Juvenile literature.
World War, 1939-1945 -- Participation, Black -- Juvenile literature.
Port Chicago Mutiny, Port Chicago, Calif., 1944 -- Juvenile literature.
Port Chicago Mutiny Trial, San Francisco, Calif., 1944 -- Juvenile literature.
Sailors, Black -- History -- 20th century -- Juvenile literature.
Blacks -- Civil rights -- History -- 20th century -- Juvenile literature.
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Sheinkin, Steve.
United States. Navy -- Blacks -- History -- 20th century -- Juvenile literature.
World War, 1939-1945 -- Participation, Black -- Juvenile literature.
Port Chicago Mutiny, Port Chicago, Calif., 1944 -- Juvenile literature.
Port Chicago Mutiny Trial, San Francisco, Calif., 1944 -- Juvenile literature.
Sailors, Black -- History -- 20th century -- Juvenile literature.
Blacks -- Civil rights -- History -- 20th century -- Juvenile literature.
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The Port Chicago 50 : disaster, mutiny, and the fight for civil rights / Steve Sheinkin.
by
Sheinkin, Steve.
Roaring Brook Press, c2014.
Call #:
940
.5453
S543p
Subjects
United States. Navy -- Blacks -- History -- 20th century -- Juvenile literature.
World War, 1939-1945 -- Participation, Black -- Juvenile literature.
Port Chicago Mutiny, Port Chicago, Calif., 1944 -- Juvenile literature.
Port Chicago Mutiny Trial, San Francisco, Calif., 1944 -- Juvenile literature.
Sailors, Black -- History -- 20th century -- Juvenile literature.
Blacks -- Civil rights -- History -- 20th century -- Juvenile literature.
ISBN:
9781596437968
1596437960
Alternate title:
Port Chicago fifty
Edition:
1st. ed.
Description:
200 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Bibliography:
Includes bibliographical references (page 191) and index.
Contents:
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.
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.
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Children's Black Nonfiction
940.5453 S543p
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Jul 25, 2024
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Children's Black Nonfiction
940.5453 S543p
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