The Port Chicago 50
Disaster, Mutiny, and the Fight for Civil Rights
New York : Roaring Brook Press, 2014.
Format: Book
Edition: First edtion.
Description: 200 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
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.
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.
Subjects:
United States. Navy -- African Americans -- History -- 20th century -- Teen literature.
World War, 1939-1945 -- Participation, African American -- Teen literature.
Port Chicago Mutiny, Port Chicago, Calif., 1944 -- Teen literature.
Port Chicago Mutiny Trial, San Francisco, Calif., 1944 -- Teen literature.
African American sailors -- History -- 20th century -- Teen literature.
African Americans -- Civil rights -- History -- 20th century -- Teen literature.
United States. Navy -- African Americans -- History -- 20th century -- Teen literature.
World War, 1939-1945 -- Participation, African American -- Teen literature.
Port Chicago Mutiny, Port Chicago, Calif., 1944 -- Teen literature.
Port Chicago Mutiny Trial, San Francisco, Calif., 1944 -- Teen literature.
African American sailors -- History -- 20th century -- Teen literature.
African Americans -- Civil rights -- History -- 20th century -- Teen literature.
Target Audience: 950L
ISBN:
9781596437968 (hardcover : alk. paper)
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Call Number | Location | Shelf Location | Status |
T HISTORY She | Cooper (Forest Acres) | Teen Nonfiction | In |
T HISTORY She | Cooper (Forest Acres) | Teen Nonfiction | Out (Due: 4/26/2024) |
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Includes bibliographical references (page 191) and index.