Binding: Paperback
Description: This mesmerizing narrative nonfiction draws on contemporary accounts as it traces the roots of an explosion that had been building for decades in race relations politics business and clashes of culture. Coretta Scott King Award winner * Carter G. Woodson Book Award from the National Council for the Social Studies On a hot day in July 1919, five black youths went swimming in Lake Michigan unintentionally floating close to the "white" beach. An angry white man began throwing stones at the boys striking and killing one. Racial conflict on the beach erupted into days of urban violence that shook the city of Chicago to its foundations. A Few Red Drops is "readable compelling history " The Horn Book wrote adding that the book uses "meticulously chosen archival photos documents newspaper clippings and quotes from multiple primary sources." Includes archival photos and prints source notes bibliography and an index.
Title: A Few Red Drops The Chicago Race Riot Of 1919
Author(s): Hartfield Claire
Publisher: Harpercollins
Barcode: 9780358667995
Pages: 208 Pages
Language: English
Publication Date: 6/28/2022