Black birds in the sky the story and Legacy of the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre
"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...
| Main Author: | Colbert, Brandy (Author) |
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| Format: | Books Print Book |
| Language: | English |
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New York, NY :
Balzer + Bray, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers,
[2021]
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| Edition: | First edition. |
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| 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. |
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| Physical Description: |
216 pages : illustrations, map ; 22 cm |
| Bibliography: |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 206-214) and index. |
| ISBN: |
9780063056664 0063056666 |