This mesmerizing narrative nonfiction draws on contemporary accounts
as it traces the roots of an explosion that had been building for
decades in race relations, politics, business, and clashes of culture.
Coretta Scott King Award winner * Carter G. Woodson Book Award from
the National Council for the Social Studies
On a hot day in July 1919, five black youths went swimming in Lake
Michigan, unintentionally floating close to the "white" beach. An angry
white man began throwing stones at the boys, striking and killing one.
Racial conflict on the beach erupted into days of urban violence that
shook the city of Chicago to its foundations.
A Few Red Drops is "readable, compelling history," The Horn Book
wrote, adding that the book uses "meticulously chosen archival photos,
documents, newspaper clippings, and quotes from multiple primary
sources."
Includes archival photos and prints, source notes, bibliography, and an
index.