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A few red drops : the Chicago Race Riot of 1919  Cover Image Book Book

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

Hartfield, Claire, (author.).

Summary:

"Examines the events and forces leading up to 1919 race riots in Chicago."--Provided by publisher.

Record details

  • ISBN: 9780544785137
  • ISBN: 0544785134
  • Physical Description: 198 pages : illustrations ; 27 cm
  • Publisher: Boston : Clarion Books, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, [2018]

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 182-189) 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.
Target Audience Note:
Ages 12 and up.
1120L Lexile
Study Program Information Note:
Accelerated Reader AR MG+ 7.9 6 500342.
Awards Note:
Coretta Scott King Award Winner 2019
Subject: Chicago Race Riot, Chicago, Ill., 1919 > Juvenile literature.
African Americans > Illinois > Chicago > Social conditions > Juvenile literature.
Chicago (Ill.) > Race relations > History > 20th century > Juvenile literature.
Chicago (Ill.) > History > 1875- > Juvenile literature.

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