The Port Chicago 50, disaster, mutiny, and the fight for civil rights, Steve Sheinkin
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The Port Chicago 50, disaster, mutiny, and the fight for civil rights, Steve Sheinkin
Language
eng
Bibliography note
Includes bibliographical references and index
Illustrations
photographsfacsimilesillustrations
Index
index present
Intended audience
950L, Lexile
Literary Form
non fiction
Main title
The Port Chicago 50
Nature of contents
bibliography
Responsibility statement
Steve Sheinkin
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Accelerated Reader, UG, 6.7, 6, 163116
Sub title
disaster, mutiny, and the fight for civil rights
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
Table Of 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
Target audience
adolescent
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Disaster, mutiny, and the fight for civil rightsPort Chicago fifty
Classification
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Subject
- African American sailors + History -- 20th century -- Juvenile literature
- Port Chicago Mutiny Trial, San Francisco, Calif., 1944 -- Juvenile literature
- Port Chicago Mutiny, Port Chicago, Calif., 1944 -- Juvenile literature
- African Americans + Civil rights + History -- 20th century -- Juvenile literature
- World War, 1939-1945 + Participation, African American -- Juvenile literature
Content
Author
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- African American sailors + History -- 20th century -- Juvenile literature
- Port Chicago Mutiny Trial, San Francisco, Calif., 1944 -- Juvenile literature
- Port Chicago Mutiny, Port Chicago, Calif., 1944 -- Juvenile literature
- African Americans + Civil rights + History -- 20th century -- Juvenile literature
- World War, 1939-1945 + Participation, African American -- Juvenile literature
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