Few Red Drops, A, Claire Hartfield
Few Red Drops, A, Claire Hartfield
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Few Red Drops, A
The Chicago Race Riot of 1919

Author: Claire Hartfield

Narrator: J.D. Jackson

Unabridged: 3 hr 58 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 01/02/2018


Synopsis

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. This mesmerizing narrative draws on contemporary accounts as it traces the roots of the explosion that had been building for decades in race relations, politics, business, and clashes of culture.

About Claire Hartfield

Claire Hartfield received her bachelor's from Yale University and her law degree from the University of Chicago. As a lawyer, she specializes in school-desegregation litigation. She has also been involved in setting and creating charter-school policy and programs in Chicago's African American West Side. After hearing stories of the 1919 race riot from her grandmother-who lived in the Black Belt in Chicago at the time-she was moved to share that history with younger generations.


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