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Author Hartfield, Claire, author.

Title A few red drops : the Chicago Race Riot of 1919 / Claire Hartfield.

Publication Info. Boston ; New York : Clarion Books, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, [2018]

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Description 198 pages : illustrations, maps ; 27 cm
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages [171]-189) and index.
Contents Catalyst -- The beach -- A time to reap -- First whispers -- Freedom fight -- Self reliance -- White Negroes -- Waste matters -- Parallel universes -- A stone's throw -- Up from the south -- A higher call -- The northern fever -- A real place for Negroes -- A job, any job -- Full to bursting -- Respectability and respect -- Reaping the whirlwind -- Tensions rising -- Last straws -- Race riot -- Ratcheting up -- Point counterpoint -- Moment of truth.
Summary A compelling introduction to the Chicago race riot of 1919 documents key events that led to days of urban violence that continue to reverberate a century later, offering insight into contributing factors in race relations, politics, business and culture.
Audience Ages 12 and up.
Subject Chicago Race Riot, Chicago, Ill., 1919 -- Juvenile literature.
Chicago (Ill.) -- Race relations -- History -- 20th century -- Juvenile literature.
Chicago (Ill.) -- History -- 1875- -- Juvenile literature.
African Americans -- Illinois -- Chicago -- Social conditions -- Juvenile literature.
Race relations.
Civil rights movements -- Illinois -- Chicago.
JUVENILE NONFICTION -- Law & Crime.
JUVENILE NONFICTION -- People & Places -- United States -- African American.
JUVENILE NONFICTION -- Social Topics -- Violence.
African Americans -- Illinois -- Chicago -- Social conditions.
Chicago Race Riot, Chicago, Ill., 1919.
Chicago (Ill.) -- History -- 1898-1919.
Chicago (Ill.) -- Race relations -- History -- 20th century.
African Americans -- Social conditions. (OCoLC)fst00799698
Race relations. (OCoLC)fst01086509
Illinois -- Chicago. (OCoLC)fst01204048
Coretta Scott King Award.
African Americans -- Illinois -- Chicago -- Social life and customs -- 20th century.
Chicago Race Riot, Chicago, Ill., 1919.
Chicago (Illinois) -- Race relations -- History -- 20th century.
Chicago (Illinois) -- History.
Chronological Term Since 1875
Genre/Form Instructional and educational works.
History. (OCoLC)fst01411628
Instructional and educational works. (OCoLC)fst01919931
Juvenile works. (OCoLC)fst01411637
Instructional and educational works.
Added Title Few red drops, the Chicago Race Riot of 1919
Chicago Race Riot of 1919
ISBN 9780544785137 (hardcover)
0544785134 (hardcover)
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