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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.

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