Bibliograph

A few red drops, the Chicago Race Riots of 1919, Claire Hartfield

Type

Label

A few red drops, the Chicago Race Riots of 1919, Claire Hartfield

Language

eng

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

A few red drops

Nature of contents

dictionariesbibliography

Oclc number

1016368834

Responsibility statement

Claire Hartfield

Sub title

the Chicago Race Riots of 1919

Summary

A gripping, measured account of a day at the beach in summer 1919 that precipitated a full-blown race riot in Chicago, tracing the events and forces that made the explosion inevitable

Table Of 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

Target audience

juvenile

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