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A few red drops : the Chicago Race Riot of 1919
Record details
- ISBN: 1725423790 : PBD
- ISBN: 9781725423794 : PBD
- ISBN: 9780544785137
- ISBN: 0544785134
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Physical Description:
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198 pages : map, illustrations ; 27 cm - Publisher: Boston : Clarion Books, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, [2018]
- Copyright: ©2018
Content descriptions
| Bibliography, etc. Note: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Formatted Contents Note: | 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, etc.: | July, 1919. Five black youths went swimming in Lake Michigan, unintentionally floating close to the "white" beach. An angry white man began throwing stones at the boys, striking and killing one. Racial conflict on the beach erupted into days of urban violence that shook the city of Chicago to its foundations. Hartfield draws on contemporary accounts to trace the roots of the explosion that had been building for decades in race relations, politics, business, and clashes of culture. -- adapted from amazon.com. |
| Target Audience Note: | Ages 12 and up. Young Adult 1120 Lexile Ages 12 and up. |
| Awards Note: | Coretta Scott King Book Award Winner, Author, 2019. Coretta Scott King Book Award Winner, Author, 2019. |
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| Genre: | Instructional and educational works. |
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| Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Status | Due Date |
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| Burroughs-Saden Main - Bridgeport | YA 305.896 HARTFIELD (Text) | 34000081313538 | Young Adult Summer Reading | Available | - |
| Newfield Branch - Bridgeport | YA 305.896 HARTFIELD (Text) | 34000147916084 | Young Adult Summer Reading | Available | - |
| North Branch - Bridgeport | YA 305.896 HARTFIELD (Text) | 34000081313546 | Young Adult Nonfiction | Available | - |
| North Branch - Bridgeport | YA 305.896 HARTFIELD (Text) | 34000151569365 | Young Adult Summer Reading Grades 9-12 | Available | - |
| North Branch - Bridgeport | YA 305.896 HARTFIELD (Text) | 34000151569373 | Young Adult Summer Reading Grades 9-12 | Available | - |
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