Image
16526
Age Range
10 - 14
Genre
Page Count
208
Publisher
Square Fish
Grade Level
3rd - 9th
ISBN
9781250073495
Lexile
950L

The Port Chicago 50: Disaster, Mutiny, and the Fight for Civil Rights

Written by Steve Sheinkin
An astonishing civil rights story from Newbery Honor winner and National Book Award finalist Steve Sheinkin. On July 17, 1944, a massive explosion rocked the segregated Navy base at Port Chicago, California, killing more than 300 sailors who were at the docks, critically injuring off-duty men in their bunks, and shattering windows up to a mile away. On August 9th, 244 men refused to go back to work until unsafe and unfair conditions at the docks were addressed. When the dust settled, fifty were charged with mutiny, facing decades in jail and even execution.
Age Range
10 - 14
Genre
Page Count
208
Publisher
Square Fish
Grade Level
3rd - 9th
ISBN
9781250073495
Lexile
950L