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The Port Chicago 50: Disaster, Mutiny, and the Fight for Civil Rights (National Book Award Finalist)

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The Port Chicago 50: Disaster, Mutiny, and the Fight for Civil Rights (National Book Award Finalist) - Sheinkin, Steve
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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. This is the story of the p rejudice that faced black men and women in ...

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The Port Chicago 50: Disaster, Mutiny, and the Fight for Civil Rights (National Book Award Finalist) 2017, Square Fish, New York

ISBN-13: 9781250073495

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The Port Chicago 50: Disaster, Mutiny, and the Fight for Civil Rights (National Book Award Finalist) 2014, Roaring Brook Press, New York

ISBN-13: 9781596437968

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