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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.

Available copies

  • 15 of 15 copies available at Missouri Evergreen.

Holds

  • 0 current holds with 15 total copies.
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Cape Girardeau Public Library 305.896 HAR (Text) 33042004505833 Teen Non-Fiction Available -
Crawford County Library-Steelville 305.89 HAR (Text) 33431100001690 Adult Non-Fiction Available -
Jefferson County Library-Arnold J 305.896 HARTFIEL (Text)
Digital Bookplate: Coretta Scott King Award Winner -- 2019
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Jefferson County Library-Northwest T 305.896 HARTFIEL (Text) 30051070060345 Teen Non-Fiction Available -
Lebanon-Laclede County Library YA 305.896 Hartfield (Text) 3803564239 YA Nonfiction Available -
Little Dixie - Main Library - Moberly 305.896 HARTFIELD (Text) 2004336862 Non-Fiction Shelves Available -
Little Dixie - Paris 306.896 HARTFIELD (Text) 2004153784 Non-Fiction Shelves Available -
Livingston - Lillian DesMarias Youth Library YA 305.896 Hartfield (Text) 2601825448 Teen Non-Fiction Available -
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Nevada Public Library J 305.89 HAR (Text) 32770114577919 Juvenile Nonfiction Available -


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