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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.

Main Author: Sheinkin, Steve.
Format: Books Print Book
Language: English
Published: New York : Roaring Brook Press, 2014.
Subjects:
United States. > Navy > African Americans > History > 20th century > Juvenile nonfiction.
World War, 1939-1945 > Participation, African American > Juvenile nonfiction.
Port Chicago Mutiny, Port Chicago, Calif., 1944 > Juvenile nonfiction.
Port Chicago Mutiny Trial, San Francisco, Calif., 1944 > Juvenile nonfiction.
African American sailors > History > 20th century > Juvenile nonfiction.
African Americans > Civil rights > History > 20th century > Juvenile nonfiction.
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.
Physical Description: 200 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Bibliography: Includes bibliographical references (p. 186-191), Internet addresses and index.
ISBN: 1596437960
9781596437968
Author Notes:

Steve Sheinkin is the award-winning author of several fascinating books on American history, including The Notorious Benedict Arnold , which won the YALSA Award for Excellence in Nonfiction for Young Adults, the Boston Globe/Horn Book Award for nonfiction, and received three starred reviews; and Bomb, a National Book Award finalist and recipient of five starred reviews. He lives in Saratoga Springs, NY.

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