Black birds in the sky : the story and legacy of the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre /

Black birds in the sky : the story and legacy of the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre / Brandy Colbert.

"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...

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Main Author: Colbert, Brandy (Author)
Other title:Story and legacy of the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre.
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New York, NY : Balzer + Bray, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers, [2021]
Edition:First edition.
Subjects:
Tulsa Race Massacre, Tulsa, Okla., 1921 > Juvenile literature.
African Americans > Crimes against > Oklahoma > Tulsa > Juvenile literature.
African Americans > Oklahoma > Tulsa > History > 20th century.
Riots > Oklahoma > Tulsa > History > 20th century.
Racism against Black people > Oklahoma > Tulsa > History > 20th century.
Riots.
Racism.
Race relations.
African Americans > Crimes against.
African Americans.
Tulsa (Okla.) > Race relations > History > 20th century > Juvenile literature.
Oklahoma > Tulsa.
Young adult literature.
History.
Juvenile works.
Young adult nonfiction.
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.

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