Unspeakable: The Tulsa Race Massacre: The Tulsa Race Massacre
Unspeakable: The Tulsa Race Massacre: The Tulsa Race Massacre
Carole Boston Weatherford
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ISBN: 9781541581203
Publisher: Carolrhoda Books (R)
Publication Date: 2/2/21
Binding: Hardcover
Age Range: -12
Grade Range: 03-07
Series: ,
Pages:
Language: English
BISAC: Juvenile Nonfiction, History, United States - State & Local, Social Topics, Prejudice, Racism & Colorism, Violence, African American & Black, and General
Related Subjects: Tulsa Race Massacre, Tulsa, Okla., 1921, African Americans, Violence against, Oklahoma, Tulsa, History, 20th century, Greenwood (Tulsa, Okla.), Race relations, and Tulsa (Okla.)
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Winner of the Coretta Scott King Book Awards for Author and Illustrator
A Caldecott Honor Book
A Sibert Honor Book
Longlisted for the National Book Award
A Kirkus Prize Finalist
A Boston Globe-Horn Book Honor Book
"A must-have"--Booklist (starred review)
In the early 1900s, Tulsa, Oklahoma, was home to a thriving African American community. The Greenwood District had its own school system, libraries, churches, restaurants, post office, movie theaters, and more. But all that would change in the course of two terrible, unspeakable days.
On May 31 and June 1, 1921, a mob of armed white Tulsans attacked Greenwood. They looted homes and businesses and burned them to the ground as Black families fled. The police did nothing to protect Greenwood, and as many as three hundred African Americans were killed. More than eight thousand were left homeless.
News of the Tulsa Race Massacre--one of the worst incidents of racial violence in US history--was largely suppressed, and no official investigation occurred for seventy-five years.
Celebrated author Carole Boston Weatherford and acclaimed illustrator Floyd Cooper provide a sensitive and powerful introduction to the Tulsa Race Massacre, helping young readers understand the events of the past so we can move toward a better future for all.
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