Awards and Honors2019 Coretta Scott King Award Winner, Author
2019 Carter G. Woodson Book Award Winner, Secondary Level
CPL Best Books, Teen Nonfiction - 2018
Lake Michigan, July 1919: five black teens unintentionally floated too close to a "white" beach. A white man, throwing stones, killed one boy—sparking violence that shook Chicago to its foundations. Notes. Bibliography. Black-and-white photographs and reproductions.
Title alpha A Few Red Drops: The Chicago Race Riot of 1919
Category History High
Pages Count 208
Genre Nonfiction
Topics Chicago Race Riot, 1919. Chicago, Illinois. African Americans. Social conditions. Race relations. Chicago history. Twentieth-century US history.
SRC Level 10.600000
SRC Points 10.000000
Lexile 1120L
Trim Size 10" x 8"
JLG Span Spring
Language English
Rights type Print
Publication date 2018-01-01
JLG Release Date Mar 2018
Minimum grade 9
Maximum grade 12
Reading level High
Format Print
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