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
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