The Port Chicago 50: Disaster, Mutiny, and the Fight for Civil Rights
Format: kindle
ASIN: B00EGJE33Q
Publish date: January 21st 2014
Publisher: Roaring Brook Press
Pages no: 208
Edition language: English
This book tells the true story of segregation in the Navy during World War II. African Americans who joined the Navy to serve their country were not allowed to serve on ships. People thought they weren't smart or brave enough. But only the black men were given the job of loading ammunition onto the ...
I have had somewhat mixed feelings about Sheinkin’s non-fiction in the past, mostly due to his tendency to fudge some of the details just a little. However, I thought Port Chicago 50 did an excellent job of letting the people who were involved tell their own story, while at the same time giving the ...
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