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

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Colbert, Brandy, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Tulsa (Okla.)--Race relations--History--20th century--Juvenile literature.

Tulsa (Okla.).

Tulsa Race Massacre, Tulsa, Okla., 1921--Juvenile literature.

Tulsa Race Massacre, Tulsa, Okla., 1921.

African Americans--Crimes against--Oklahoma--Tulsa--Juvenile literature.

African Americans.

African Americans--Oklahoma--Tulsa--History--20th century--Juvenile literature.

Riots--Oklahoma--Tulsa--History--20th century--Juvenile literature.

Riots.

Racism against Black people--Oklahoma--Tulsa--History--20th century--Juvenile literature.

Racism against Black people.

African Americans--Oklahoma--Tulsa--History--20th century.

Tulsa (Okla.)--Race relations--History--20th century.

African Americans--Crimes against--Oklahoma--Tulsa.

Racism.

Race relations.

African Americans--Crimes against.

Oklahoma--Tulsa.

Genre:

Young adult literature.

History.

Juvenile works.

Instructional and educational works.

Physical Description:

216 pages : illustrations, map ; 22 cm

Edition:

First edition.

Other Title:

Story and legacy of the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre

Place of Publication:

New York, NY : Balzer + Bray, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers, [2021]

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.

Publisher Annotation: A searing new work of nonfiction from award-winning author Brandy Colbert about the history and legacy of one of the most deadly and destructive acts of racial violence in American history: the Tulsa Race Massacre. 224pp.

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.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages [207]-214) and index.

YALSA Award for Excellence in Nonfiction Finalist, 2022.

Winner of the Boston Globe Horn Award for non-fiction, 2022

ISBN:

9780063056664

0063056666

9780800002435

0800002431

OCLC:

1269506437