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

A few red drops : the Chicago Race Riots of 1919

Hartfield, Claire (author.).

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

Record details

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

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note: Includes bibliographical references 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:
1120L Lexile
Young Adult
Young Adult.
Ages 12 and up.
Subject: Civil rights movements Illinois Chicago literature
Race relations
African Americans Illinois Chicago Social conditions Juvenile literature
Chicago (Ill.) History 1875- Juvenile literature
Chicago (Ill.) Race relations History 20th century Juvenile literature
Chicago Race Riot, Chicago, Ill., 1919 Juvenile literature

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