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

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.

Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Sheinkin, Steve
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	New York : Roaring Brook Press, 2014.
Edition:	First edtion.
Subjects:	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. 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 > African Americans > History > 20th century. African American sailors > History > 20th century. African Americans > Civil rights > History > 20th century.

Description
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.
Physical Description:	200 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Awards:	American Library Association Notable Children's Bk
Bibliography:	Includes bibliographical references (page 191) and index.
ISBN:	9781596437968 (hardcover : alk. paper) 1596437960 (hardcover : alk. paper)