The Miami Valley School Library

A few red drops :

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.

9780544785137 0544785134

2016026969

F548.9.N3 / H37 2018

305.896