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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.

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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.
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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.