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Author Colbert, Brandy, author.

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

Publication Info. New York, NY : Balzer + Bray, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers, [2021]
©2021

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Location Call No. Status OPAC Message Public Note Gift Note
 Moore Children's & Young Adult Collection  CH/YA 976.68604 Colber Bla 2021    Available  ---
Edition First edition.
Description 216 pages : illustrations, map ; 22 cm
Book
Age group Early Adolescents
age Children
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 -- Aftermath -- Legacy of Greenwood -- Afterword.
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 Includes bibliographical references (pages 207-214) and index.
Awards YALSA Award for Excellence in Nonfiction Finalist, 2022.
Subject Tulsa (Okla.) -- Race relations -- History -- 20th century -- Juvenile literature.
Tulsa Race Massacre, Tulsa, Okla., 1921 -- Juvenile literature.
Tulsa Race Massacre (Tulsa, Oklahoma : 1921)
African Americans -- Crimes against -- Oklahoma -- Tulsa -- Juvenile literature.
African Americans -- Crimes against.
Oklahoma -- Tulsa.
African Americans -- Oklahoma -- Tulsa -- History -- 20th century -- Juvenile literature.
African Americans.
History.
Chronological Term 20th century
Subject Riots -- Oklahoma -- Tulsa -- History -- 20th century -- Juvenile literature.
Riots.
Racism against Black people -- Oklahoma -- Tulsa -- History -- 20th century -- Juvenile literature.
Racism against Black people.
Racism.
Race relations.
Chronological Term 1900-1999
Genre/Form History.
Juvenile works.
Added Title Story and legacy of the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre
ISBN 9780063056664 hardcover
0063056666 hardcover