The Port Chicago 50 [electronic resource] : disaster, mutiny, and the fight for civil rights
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The Port Chicago 50 [electronic resource] : disaster, mutiny, and the fight for civil rights

By Sheinkin, Steve.
Hoffman, Dominic.

Genre Audiobooks.

Published 2014 by Listening Library, New York

ISBN 9780804167451

Bib Id 1704699

Edition Unabridged.

Description 1 online resource (1 sound file (3 hr., 49 min., 43 sec.)) : digital.

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ISBN
9780804167451 (electronic audio bk.)
0804167451 (electronic audio bk.)
Title
The Port Chicago 50 [electronic resource] : disaster, mutiny, and the fight for civil rights
Edition
Unabridged.
Publication Information
2014 by Listening Library, New York :
Description
1 online resource (1 sound file (3 hr., 49 min., 43 sec.)) : digital.
Performers
Read by Dominic Hoffman.
Summary
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...
Audience
9-12.
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