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Author:

Sheinkin, Steve, author.

Title:

The Port Chicago 50 : disaster, mutiny, and the fight for civil rights / Steve Sheinkin.

Edition:

First Square Fish edition: 2017.

Publisher:

Square Fish/Roaring Brook Press,

Copyright Date:

2017

Description:

200 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm.

Subject:

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.
United States.--Navy--History--History--20th century--Juvenile literature.
African American sailors--History--20th century--Juvenile literature.
African Americans--History--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.
United States.--Navy--History--History--20th century.
African American sailors--History--20th century.
African Americans--History--History--20th century.
World War, 1939-1945--African Americans.
Port Chicago Mutiny, Port Chicago, Calif., 1944.
Port Chicago Mutiny Trial, San Francisco, Calif., 1944.
United States.--Navy--History.--History.
African American sailors--History.
African Americans--History.--History.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 171-191) and index.

Summary:

Describes the fifty black sailors who refused to work in unsafe and unfair conditions after an explosion in Port Chicago killed 320 servicemen, and how the incident influenced civil rights.

Indexed by:

School Library Journal starred, February 2014
Library Media Connection starred, March 2014
Pub Weekly, November 2013
Kirkus Starred, December 2013
Booklist, February 2014
Horn Book, October 2014
Bulletin (Center for Children's books), February 2014
School Library Journal starred
Library Media Connection starred
Pub Weekly

ISBN:

1250073499
9781250073495

Locations:

KHPB566 -- Donnellson Public Library (Donnellson)

HRPE845 -- Sioux Center Public Library (Sioux Center)

BJPD251 -- Waukee Public Library (Waukee)