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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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

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