A few red drops : the Chicago Race Riots of 1919 / Claire Hartfield.
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TextPublication details: Boston : Clarion Books, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, [2018]Description: 198 p. : ill., map ; 27 cmISBN: 9780544785137Other title: Chicago Race Riots of 1919Subject(s): Chicago Race Riot, Chicago, Ill., 1919 -- Juvenile literature | African Americans -- Illinois -- Chicago -- Social conditions -- Juvenile literature | African Americans -- Chicago (Ill.) -- Social conditions | Chicago Race Riot, Chicago, Ill., 1919 | African Americans -- Illinois -- Chicago -- Social conditions | Chicago (Ill.) -- Race relations -- History -- 20th century -- Juvenile literature | Chicago (Ill.) -- History -- 1875- -- Juvenile literature | Chicago (Ill.) -- Race relations -- History -- 20th century | Chicago (Ill.) -- History -- 1875-DDC classification: 305.896/0730773110904 LOC classification: F548.9.N3 | H37 2018
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Awards: Coretta Scott King Award, 2019Summary: "Examines the events and forces leading up to 1919 race riots in Chicago."--Provided by publisher.
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.
| Current library | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Martha's Vineyard High School Library | 305.896/HAR (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | Available | 39844500061351 |
Includes bibliographical references (p. 171-189) and index.
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.
School Library Journal, December 2017
Bulletin of the Center for Children's Books starre, January 2018
Publishers Weekly, November 2017
Booklist, November 2017
Horn Book, November 2018
Voice of Youth Advocates (V.O.Y.A.), December 2017
Kirkus Review, November 2017
Library Media Connection, November 2017
"Examines the events and forces leading up to 1919 race riots in Chicago."--Provided by publisher.
Young Adult Follett School Solutions.
1120 Lexile.
Coretta Scott King Award, 2019
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