Black birds in the sky : the story and legacy of the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre / Brandy Colbert.
2021
F704.T92 C65 2021 (Mapit)
Available at Midgrade/YA Collection
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Title
Black birds in the sky : the story and legacy of the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre / Brandy Colbert.
Author
Colbert, Brandy, author.
Edition
First edition.
ISBN
9780063056664 hardcover
0063056666 hardcover
0063056666 hardcover
Published
New York, NY : Balzer + Bray, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers, [2021]
Copyright
©2021
Language
English
Description
216 pages : illustrations, map ; 22 cm
Call Number
F704.T92 C65 2021
Dewey Decimal Classification
976.6/8604/52
Summary
"In the early morning of June 1, 1921, a white mob marched across the train tracks in Tulsa, Oklahoma, and into its predominantly Black Greenwood District--a thriving, affluent neighborhood known as America's Black Wall Street. They brought with them firearms, gasoline, and explosives. In a few short hours, they'd razed thirty-five square blocks to the ground, leaving hundreds dead. The Tulsa Race Massacre is one of the most devastating acts of racial violence in US history. But how did it come to pass? What exactly happened? And why are the events unknown to so many of us today? These are the questions that . . . author Brandy Colbert seeks to answer in this . . . nonfiction account of the Tulsa Race Massacre"--Provided by publisher.
Bibliography, etc. Note
Includes bibliographical references (pages [207]-214) and index.
Awards
YALSA Award for Excellence in Nonfiction Finalist, 2022.
Winnr of the Boston Globe Horn Award for non-fiction, 2022
Winnr of the Boston Globe Horn Award for non-fiction, 2022
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Table of Contents
May 30, 1921
Oklahoma! Soon be livin' in a brand-new state
To be Black in America
Fighting for survival
May 31, 1921
Black Wall Street comes alive
Extra! Extra! Read all about it!, or The promise of a lynching
June 1, 1921
The aftermath
The legacy of Greenwood
Afterword.
Oklahoma! Soon be livin' in a brand-new state
To be Black in America
Fighting for survival
May 31, 1921
Black Wall Street comes alive
Extra! Extra! Read all about it!, or The promise of a lynching
June 1, 1921
The aftermath
The legacy of Greenwood
Afterword.