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Lena and the burning of Greenwood a Tulsa Race Massacre survival story

Twelve-year-old Lena is aware of racism, but she lives a comfortable life in the segregated but relatively wealthy Greenwood District in Tulsa, Oklahoma. On May 31, 1921 racial tensions explode, and men from downtown Tulsa invade Greenwood. They are set on destroying the district, and killing as man...

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Main Author: Smith, Nikki Shannon, 1971- (Author)
Other Authors: Jenai, Markia (Illustrator)
Format: Books Print Book
Language:English
Published: North Mankato, Minnesota : Stone Arch Books, an imprint of Capstone, [2022]
Series:Girls survive.
Subjects:
African American families > Oklahoma > Tulsa > Juvenile fiction.
Tulsa Race Massacre, Tulsa, Okla., 1921 > Juvenile fiction.
Massacres > Oklahoma > History > 20th century > Juvenile fiction.
African American neighborhoods > Oklahoma > Tulsa > History > 20th century > Juvenile fiction.
Greenwood (Tulsa, Okla.) > History > 20th century > Juvenile fiction.
Tulsa (Okla.) > History > 20th century > Juvenile fiction.
African Americans > Juvenile fiction.
Race relations > Juvenile fiction.
Survival > Juvenile fiction.
Historical fiction > Juvenile.
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