Author:
Hartfield, Claire, author.
ImprintBoston : Clarion Books, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, [2018]
Description198 pages : illustrations, maps ; 27 cm
Note: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.
Bibliography Note:Includes bibliographical references (pages 182-189) and index.
Target AudienceAges 12 and up.
Note:"Examines the events and forces leading up to 1919 race riots in Chicago."--Provided by publisher.
