A few red drops : the Chicago Race Riot of 1919 / Claire Hartfield.

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This book examines the events and forces leading up to the 1919 race riots in Chicago. "A white man threw a stone that hit and killed a teenage black boy, and a day at the beach--July 27, 1919--exploded into an urban nightmare. The ensuing race riot that took over Chicago's South Side streets killed...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Hartfield, Claire (Author)
Language:	English
Published:	Boston ; New York : Clarion Books, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, [2018]
Series:	MSU Children's & YA Literature Collection.
Subjects:	Chicago Race Riot, Chicago, Ill., 1919 > Juvenile literature. African Americans > Illinois > Chicago > Social conditions > Juvenile literature. Civil rights movements > Illinois > Chicago > Juvenile literature. Chicago (Ill.) > Race relations > History > 20th century > Juvenile literature. Chicago (Ill.) > History > 1875- > Juvenile literature. African Americans > Social conditions. Race relations. Illinois > Chicago. Since 1875 Instructional and educational works. History. Juvenile works.
Genre:	Juvenile literature. Instructional and educational works. History. Juvenile works.
Physical Description:	198 pages : illustrations, maps ; 27 cm
Variant Title:	Few red drops, the Chicago Race Riot of 1919 Chicago Race Riot of 1919
Format:	Book

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