Displaying 1 of 1 2014 Title: The Port Chicago 50 : disaster, mutiny, and the fight for civil rights Author: Sheinkin, Steve, author. Edition: First edition. Format: Book Publisher, Date: New York : Roaring Brook Press, 2014. Description: 200 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm Summary: 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. Audience: 950L Lexile Subjects: United States. Navy -- African Americans -- History -- 20th century -- Juvenile literature. 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. Racism against Black people -- United States -- Juvenile literature. Palatine (Ill.) -- Anti-racism youth nonfiction. Palatine (Ill.) -- Anti-racism youth nonfiction. Other Title: Port Chicago fifty Reading Level: Accelerated Reader AR UG 6.7 6 ISBN 1596437960 Place Hold Add to My List Expand All | Collapse All Find It Map It Suggestions and more Large Cover Image Librarian's View Displaying 1 of 1
