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1 online resource (1 audio file) |
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040000 |
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digital rda |
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audio file CD audio rda |
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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... |
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950L Lexile |
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Accelerated Reader AR UG 6.7 6 163116 |
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Downloadable audio file. |
| Performer |
Read by Dominic Hoffman. |
| Summary |
Recounts the 1944 civil rights protest involving hundreds of African American Navy servicemen who were unjustly charged with mutiny for refusing to work in unsafe conditions after the deadly Port Chicago explosion. |
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Requires Boundless App. |
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United States. Navy -- African Americans -- History -- 20th century.
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United States. Navy. |
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Port Chicago Mutiny (California : 1944) |
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Port Chicago Mutiny Trial (San Francisco, California : 1944) |
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World War (1939-1945) |
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1900-1999 |
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World War, 1939-1945 -- Participation, African American -- Juvenile sound recordings.
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Port Chicago Mutiny, Port Chicago, Calif., 1944 -- Juvenile sound recordings.
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Port Chicago Mutiny Trial, San Francisco, Calif., 1944 -- Juvenile sound recordings.
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United States. Navy -- African Americans -- History -- 20th century -- Juvenile sound recordings.
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African American sailors -- History -- 20th century -- Juvenile sound recordings.
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African Americans -- Civil rights -- History -- 20th century -- Juvenile sound recordings.
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World War, 1939-1945 -- Participation, African American.
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Port Chicago Mutiny, Port Chicago, Calif., 1944.
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Port Chicago Mutiny Trial, San Francisco, Calif., 1944.
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African American sailors -- History -- 20th century.
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African Americans -- Civil rights -- History -- 20th century.
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African American sailors. |
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African Americans -- Civil rights. |
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Armed Forces -- African Americans. |
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Military participation -- African American. |
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Young Adult Nonfiction. |
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History. |
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California -- Port Chicago. |
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California -- San Francisco. |
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World War, 1939-1945 -- Participation, African American.
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Port Chicago Mutiny, Port Chicago, Calif., 1944.
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Port Chicago Mutiny Trial, San Francisco, Calif., 1944.
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United States. Navy -- African Americans -- History -- 20th century.
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African American sailors -- History -- 20th century.
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African Americans -- Civil rights -- History -- 20th century.
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Audiobooks.
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Children's audiobooks.
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Audiobooks.
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Audiobooks.
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Downloadable audio books. |
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History.
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Hoffman, Dominic, narrator.
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| Added Title |
Port Chicago Fifty |
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Electronic reproduction of (manifestation): Sheinkin, Steve. Port Chicago 50 : disaster, mutiny, and the fight for civil rights New York, New York : Listening Library, [2014] 9780804167420 (NjBWBT)bl2013051883 |
| ISBN |
9780804167451 : $34.00 |
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0804167451 : $34.00 |
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