The Port Chicago 50 : disaster, mutiny, and the fight for civil rights / Steve Sheinkin.

On July 17, 1944, a massive explosion rocked the segregated Navy base at Port Chicago, California, killing more than 300 sailors who were at the docks, critically injuring off-duty men in their bunks, and shattering windows up to a mile away. On August 9th, 244 men refused to go back to work until u...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Sheinkin, Steve (Author)
Corporate Author:	Roaring Brook Press (Publisher)
Language:	English
Published:	New York : Roaring Brook Press, 2014.
Edition:	First edition.
Series:	MSU Children's & YA Literature Collection.
Subjects:	United States. > Navy > African Americans > History > 20th century > Juvenile literature. United States. > Navy. United States. > Navy > African Americans > History > 20th century. 1900-1999 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. 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. African American sailors > History > 20th century. African Americans > Civil rights > History > 20th century. African American sailors. African Americans > Civil rights. Armed Forces > African Americans. Military participation > African American. World War, 1939-1945 > African Americans. African American sailors > History. African Americans > Civil rights > History. California > Port Chicago. California > San Francisco. Excellence in Young Adult Nonfiction: Finalist > 2015. History. Juvenile works. Young adult nonfiction.
Genre:	Juvenile literature. Excellence in Young Adult Nonfiction: Finalist History. Juvenile works. Young adult nonfiction.
Physical Description:	200 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Variant Title:	Port Chicago fifty
Format:	Book

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.