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Author Sheinkin, Steve. Title The Port Chicago 50 : disaster, mutiny, and the fight for civil rights / Steve Sheinkin. Publisher New York : Roaring Brook Press, 2014. Copies
ITEM LOC CALL # STATUS Hayward adult and young adult fiction YA SHE AVAILABLE Edition First edtion. Descript 200 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm age Children lcdgt Note Accelerated Reader AR UG 6.7 6 163116. Nonfiction. Bibliog. Includes bibliographical references (page 191) and index. 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. 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 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 -- African Americans -- History -- 20th century -- Juvenile literature. African American sailors -- History -- 20th century -- Juvenile literature. African Americans -- Civil rights -- History -- 20th century -- Juvenile literature. Minority groups. Black people. BIPOC. Minorities. Added Title Port Chicago fifty ISBN/ISSN 9781596437968 (hardcover) (alkaline paper) 1596437960 (hardcover) (alkaline paper)
