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A few red drops : the Chicago Race Riots of 1919 / Claire Hartfield.

By: Material type: TextTextDescription: 198 pages : illustrations, maps ; 27 cmISBN:
  • 9780544785137
  • 0544785134
Other title:
  • Few red drops, the Chicago Race Riot of 1919
  • Chicago Race Riots of 1919
Subject(s): Genre/Form: DDC classification:
  • 305.896 23
LOC classification:
  • F548.9.N3 H37 2018
Contents:
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.
Summary: "Examines the events and forces leading up to 1919 race riots in Chicago."--Provided by publisher.
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Item type Current library Collection Call number Status Date due Barcode
Non Fiction MVS Library Main room-Teen/Adult B- Nonfiction (Teen/Adult) 305.896 HAR (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available 4006065

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.

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