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.

Table of 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.