A Few Red Drops
The Chicago Race Riots of 1919
Boston : Clarion Books, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, [2018]
Format: Book
Description: 198 pages : illustrations ; 27 cm
"Examines the events and forces leading up to 1919 race riots in Chicago."--Provided by publisher.
Contents:
Catalyst -- The beach -- A time to reap -- First whispers -- Freedom fight -- Self reliance -- White Negroes -- Waste matters -- Parallel universes -- A stone's throw -- Up from the south -- A higher call -- The northern fever -- A real place for Negroes -- A job, any job -- Full to bursting -- Respectability and respect -- Reaping the whirlwind -- Tensions rising -- Last straws -- Race riot -- Ratcheting up -- Point counterpoint -- Moment of truth.
Subjects:
Chicago Race Riot, Chicago, Ill., 1919 -- Teen literature.
African Americans -- Illinois -- Chicago -- Social conditions -- Teen literature.
Chicago (Ill.) -- Race relations -- History -- 20th century -- Teen literature.
Chicago (Ill.) -- History -- 1875- -- Teen literature.
Chicago Race Riot, Chicago, Ill., 1919 -- Teen literature.
African Americans -- Illinois -- Chicago -- Social conditions -- Teen literature.
Chicago (Ill.) -- Race relations -- History -- 20th century -- Teen literature.
Chicago (Ill.) -- History -- 1875- -- Teen literature.
Target Audience: Ages 12 and up.
ISBN:
9780544785137 (hardcover)
Availability | |||
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Call Number | Location | Shelf Location | Status |
T SOCIAL SCI Har | Main (Downtown) | Garden Level, Teen Nonfiction | In |
T SOCIAL SCI Har | Cooper (Forest Acres) | Teen Nonfiction | In |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 182-189) and index.
Coretta Scott King Author Award Winner, 2019.
Coretta Scott King Author Award Winner, 2019.