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Unspeakable : the Tulsa Race Massacre
Call Numbers
- J 976.686 WEAT (CEN, EAS, OSH, WSQ)
- 976.686 W3626 TEEN (CEN)
Publication Information
Minneapolis : Carolrhoda Books, [2021]
Physical Description
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 29 cm
Audience
Grades 4-6 Carolrhoda Books.
Summary
"Celebrated author Carole Boston Weatherford and illustrator Floyd Cooper provide a powerful look at the 1921 Tulsa race massacre, one of the worst incidents of racial violence in our nation's history"--
The 1921 Tulsa, Oklahoma, race massacre was one of the worst incidents of racial violence in our nation's history. On May 31 and June 1 an armed mob looted homes and businesses as Black families fled. The police did nothing to protect Greenwood, and as many as three hundred African Americans were killed, most buried in unmarked graves. No official investigation occurred until seventy-five years later. Weatherford helps young readers understand the events of this incident. -- adapted from jacket.
Subjects
- Tulsa Race Massacre, Tulsa, Okla., 1921 > Juvenile literature.
- African Americans > Violence against > Oklahoma > Tulsa > History > 20th century > Juvenile literature.
- African American neighborhoods > Oklahoma > Tulsa > History > 20th century.
- Race riots > Oklahoma > Tulsa > History > 20th century.
- Violence > Oklahoma > Tulsa > History > 20th century.
- Racism > Oklahoma > Tulsa > History > 20th century.
- Tulsa Race Massacre, Tulsa, Okla., 1921.
- African Americans > Violence against > Oklahoma > Tulsa > History > 20th century.
- Greenwood (Tulsa, Okla.) > Race relations > History > 20th century > Juvenile literature.
- Greenwood (Tulsa, Okla.) > History > 20th century > Juvenile literature
- Tulsa (Okla.) > Race relations > History > 20th century > Juvenile literature.
- Greenwood (Tulsa, Okla.) > Race relations > History > 20th century.
- Greenwood (Tulsa, Okla.) > History > 20th century.
- Tulsa (Okla.) > Race relations > History > 20th century.