Unspeakable : the Tulsa Race Massacre
Title:
Unspeakable : the Tulsa Race Massacre
Summary:
Celebrated author Carole Boston Weatherford and illustrator Floyd Cooper provide a powerful look at the Tulsa Race Massacre, one of the worst incidents of racial violence in our nation's history. The book traces the history of African Americans in Tulsa's Greenwood district and chronicles the devastation that occurred in 1921 when a white mob attacked the Black community. News of what happened was largely suppressed, and no official investigation occurred for seventy-five years. This picture book sensitively introduces young readers to this tragedy and concludes with a call for a better future.
Audience:
Ages 8-12 Carolrhoda Books.
Grades 4-6 Carolrhoda Books.
1100L Lexile
Physical Description:
36 unnumbered pages : color illustrations ; 29 cm
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Author(s):
Publisher:
Carolrhoda Books,
Electronic Access:
The Tulsa Race Massacre. Oklahoma History Center Education Department. (November 11, 2012. 27 pages).Tulsa Race Massacre : newspaper complicity and coverage. Library of Congress. (May 27, 2021).
Tulsa Race Riot : a report by the Oklahoma Commision to study the Tulsa Race Riot of 1921. (February 28, 2001. 200 pages)
Webpage on Unspeakable, including discussion guide created by Dr. Sonja Cherry-Paul, and a video link of the late Floyd Cooper reading from the book
Publication Date:
2021
ISBN:
9781541581203
Publication Information:
Minneapolis : Carolrhoda Books, [2021]
©2021
Award Note:
Caldecott Honor Book, 2022.
Coretta Scott King Author Award, 2022.
Coretta Scott King Illustrator Award, 2022.
Call Number:
P WEATHERFORD