The Port Chicago 50; Disaster, Mutiny, and the Fight for Civil Rights Feelings & Life Lessons and shattering windows up to

and shattering windows up to a mile away

James Van Der Zee

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The Port Chicago 50; Disaster, Mutiny, and the Fight for Civil Rights Feelings & Life Lessons and shattering windows up toHardback Paperback An astonishing civil rights story from Newbery Honor winner and National Book Award finalist Steve Sheinkin. On July 17, 1944, a massive explosion rocked the segregated Navy base at Port Chicago, California, killing more than 300 sailors who were at the docks, critically injuring off duty men in their bunks, and shattering windows up to a mile away. On August 9th, 244 men refused to go back to work until unsafe and unfair conditions