A few red drops the Chicago Race Riot of 1919

This book examines the events and forces leading up to the 1919 race riots in Chicago.

Main Author:	Hartfield, Claire (Author)
Format:	Books Print Book
Language:	English
Published:	Boston ; New York : Clarion Books, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, [2018]
Subjects:	Chicago Race Riot, Chicago, Ill., 1919 > Young adult nonfiction. African Americans > Illinois > Chicago > Social conditions > Young adult nonfiction. Chicago (Ill.) > Race relations > History > 20th century > Young adult nonfiction. Chicago (Ill.) > History > 1875- > Young adult nonfiction.

Table of 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.