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Unspeakable : the Tulsa Race Massacre / Carole Boston Weatherford ; Floyd Cooper.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublisher: Minneapolis : Carolrhoda Books, [2021]Description: 1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 29 cmContent type:
  • text
  • still image
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9781541581203
  • 1541581202
Other title:
  • Tulsa Race Massacre
Subject(s): Genre/Form: DDC classification:
  • 976.6/8600496073 23
LOC classification:
  • F704.T92 W43 2021
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.Summary: 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.
Holdings
Item type Home library Collection Call number Copy number Status Date due Barcode Item holds
Book Book Asotin County Library - (Clarkston) J/JE Non Fiction J 976.6 Wea (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available 31853021056473
Book Book Craigmont Community Library (Prairie River Library Dist) J/JE Non Fiction E976.68 Wea (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available 31853021158873 2
Book Book Lewiston City Library Juvenile Non-Fiction HISTORY JUV HISTORY U.S. Weather (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 1 Available 31853020922949
Book Book Moscow Public Library (Latah Library District) J/JE Non Fiction JE 976.686 WEA (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 1 Available 31853021711390
Total holds: 2

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.

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