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Author Sheinkin, Steve.

Title The Port Chicago 50 : disaster, mutiny, and the fight for civil rights / Steve Sheinkin.

Publication Info. New York : Roaring Brook Press, 2014.

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 Avon Free Public Library - Teen  TEEN 940.54 SHEINKIN    DUE 04-24-24
 Burlington Public Library - Teen  Y940.54 SHEINKIN    Check Shelf
 Cheshire Public Library - Children's Department  YA 940.545 SHEINKIN    Check Shelf
 East Hartford, Raymond Library - Young Adult  YA 940.54 S    Check Shelf
 East Windsor, Library Association of Warehouse Point - YA Collections  YA 940.54 SHE    Check Shelf
 Glastonbury, Welles-Turner Memorial Library - Children's Department  J 940.54 SHEINKIN    Check Shelf
 Manchester, Main Library - Children's Department  J 940.54 SHEINKIN    Check Shelf
 Mansfield, Main Library - Adult Nonfiction  940.5453 SHEINKIN    Check Shelf
 New Britain, Main Library - Children's Department  J940.54 SHE    Check Shelf
 Newington, Lucy Robbins Welles Library - Children's Department  J940.54 SHEINKIN    Check Shelf

Edition First edition.
Description 200 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Awards Excellence in Young Adult Nonfiction finalist, 2015
Boston Globe/Horn Book Nonfiction Award Winner, 2014
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.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 171-191) and index.
Study Program Accelerated Reader AR UG 6.7 6.0 163116.
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.
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.
Added Title Port Chicago fifty
ISBN 9781596437968 hardcover alkaline paper
1596437960 hardcover alkaline paper
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