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Summary:

"In the early 1900s, Tulsa, Oklahoma, was home to a thriving African American community. The Greenwood District had its own school system, libraries, churches, restraurants, post office, movie theaterse, 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 worse 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"--From dust jacket.

Author/Creator:

Weatherford, Carole Boston, 1956- , author

Contributors:

Cooper, Floyd , illustrator

Carolrhoda Books, Inc. (Minneapolis, Minn.) , publisher, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/pbl

Languages:

English

Language Notes:

Item content: English

Main Work:

Unspeakable: the Tulsa Race Massacre [by Weatherford, C.B.]

Other Related Resources:

Online version: Unspeakable [by Weatherford, C.B.] (Minneapolis : Carolrhoda Books, [2021] — ISBN 9781728417387; LCCN 2020020950)

Subjects:

Tulsa Race Massacre, Tulsa, Okla., 1921 — Juvenile literature

African Americans — Violence against — Oklahoma — Tulsa — History — 20th century — Juvenile literature

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

Tulsa Race Massacre (Tulsa, Oklahoma : 1921)

1900-1999

African Americans

Race relations

African Americans — Violence against

Oklahoma

Oklahoma — Tulsa

Genres:

Informational works

Creative nonfiction

Picture books

Juvenile works

History

General Notes:

Accelerated Reader MG 5.8 0.5.
Caldecott Honor Book, 2022
Coretta Scott King Illustrator Book Award, Winner, 2022
Coretta Scott King Author Book Award, Winner, 2022

Audience:

Children
Preteens
Ages: 8-12. (source: Carolrhoda Books)
Grades: 4-6. (source: Carolrhoda Books)
1100L (source: Lexile)

Creator Demographics:

Weatherford: North Carolinians
Cooper: Oklahomans; Pennsylvanians

Physical Description:

1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 29 cm

Physical Characteristics:

illustration

Call Numbers:

J976.6 W362un

ISBNs:

9781541581203 (hardcover)
1541581202 (hardcover)
9781728417387 (electronic book) [Invalid]

Library of Congress Control Numbers:

2020020949

OCLC Numbers:

1157604208