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02480aim a2200481Ia 4500 001 1E628372AC0711E3AEABA5DFDAD10320 003 SILO 005 20230701010528 007 sd fungnn|||uu 008 130630s2014 nyunnnnd z n eng d 020 $a 0804167427 020 $a 9780804167420 020 $a 0804167443 020 $a 9780804167444 028 02 $a YA 2121 $b Listening Library 035 $a (OCoLC)847599752 040 $d SILO 082 04 $a 940.54/5308996073079463 $2 23 100 1 $a Sheinkin, Steve 245 14 $a The Port Chicago 50 $h [sound recording] : $b disaster, mutiny, and the fight for civil rights / $c Steve Sheinkin 250 $a Unabridged 260 $a [New York] : $b Listening Library, $c [2014] 300 $a 3 sound discs (4 hr.) : $b digital ; $c 4 3/4 in 500 $a Title from web page 500 $a Compact discs 500 $a Duration: 4:00:00 511 0 $a Read by Dominic Hoffman 521 2 $a 9-12 520 $a 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 unsafe and unfair conditions at the docks were addressed. When the dust settled, fifty were charged with mutiny, facing decades in jail and even execution. This is a fascinating story of the prejudice that faced black men and women in America's armed forces during World War II, and a nuanced look at those who gave their lives in service of a country where they lacked the most basic rights 610 10 $a United States. $b Navy $x History $x History $y 20th century $v Juvenile fiction 650 0 $a World War, 1939-1945 $x Participation, African American $v Juvenile fiction 650 0 $a Port Chicago Mutiny, Port Chicago, Calif., 1944 $v Juvenile fiction 650 0 $a Port Chicago Mutiny Trial, San Francisco, Calif., 1944 $v Juvenile fiction 650 0 $a African American sailors $x History $y 20th century $v Juvenile fiction 650 0 $a African Americans $x History $x History $y 20th century $v Juvenile fiction 700 1 $a Hoffman, Dominic 941 $a 4 945 $a cdab 952 $l GZPE631 $d 20240305033002.0 952 $l YCPD572 $d 20220518015439.0 952 $l GHPD771 $d 20210204020617.0 952 $l TFPI826 $d 20160723012502.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=1E628372AC0711E3AEABA5DFDAD10320Initiate Another SILO Locator Search