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Unspeakable: The Tulsa Race Massacre
Year
2021
Language
ENGLISH
Duration
20m
Rating
NR
CC
Performers
January LaVoy, Carole Boston Weatherford
Directed By
Andy T. Jones
Written By
Carole Boston Weatherford, Floyd Cooper
Publication Information
Dreamscape Media
Summary
Celebrated author Carole Boston Weatherford and illustrator Floyd Cooper provide a powerful look at the Tulsa Race Massacre, one of the worst incidents of racial violence in our nation's history. This video traces the history of African Americans in Tulsa's Greenwood district and chronicles the devastation that occurred in 1921 when a white mob attacked the Black community. News of what happened was largely suppressed, and no official investigation occurred for seventy-five years. This depiction sensitively introduces young audiences to this tragedy and concludes with a call for a better future.