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

Sheinkin, Steve. (Author).

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.

Book  - 2014
J 940.54 She
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United States. Navy > African Americans > History > 20th century > Juvenile literature.
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  • ISBN: 9781596437968
  • Physical Description 200 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
  • Edition First edition.
  • Publisher [Place of publication not identified] : [publisher not identified], 2014.

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Bibliography, etc. Note:
Includes bibliographical references (page 171-189) and index.
Formatted Contents Note:
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.