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A few red drops : the Chicago Race Riots of 1919 /

Hartfield, Claire,

A few red drops : the Chicago Race Riots of 1919 / Few red drops, the Chicago Race Riot of 1919 Chicago Race Riots of 1919 Claire Hartfield. - 198 pages : illustrations, maps ; 27 cm

Includes bibliographical references (pages 182-189) 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.

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

Ages 12 and up.



Coretta Scott King author award, 2019

9780544785137 (hardcover)

2016026969


Chicago Race Riot, Chicago, Ill., 1919--Juvenile literature.
African Americans--Social conditions--Illinois--Chicago--Juvenile literature.


Chicago (Ill.)--Race relations--History--20th century--Juvenile literature.
Chicago (Ill.)--History--1875---Juvenile literature.


Informational.
Multicultural fiction.

F548.9.N3 / H37 2018

305.896/0730773110904

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