The Port Chicago 50, disaster, mutiny, and the fight for civil rights, Steve Sheinkin
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The Port Chicago 50, disaster, mutiny, and the fight for civil rights, Steve Sheinkin
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The Port Chicago 50
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Steve Sheinkin
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disaster, mutiny, and the fight for civil rights
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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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