What Was the Tulsa Race Massacre of 1921?
Author: Gayle, Caleb
ISBN: 9780593521700
Publisher: Penguin Group USA
Year first published: 23 May 2023
Pages: 112
Format: Paperback / softback
Plt;bPgt;Learn how envy and racism led to the tragic destruction of the thriving Black community in Tulsa, Oklahoma, in this thought-provoking addition to the Plt;iPgt;New York Times Plt;/iPgt;bestselling What Was? series!Plt;/bPgt;
Plt;bPgt;Learn how envy and racism led to the tragic destruction of the thriving Black community in Tulsa, Oklahoma, in this thought-provoking addition to the Plt;iPgt;New York Times Plt;/iPgt;bestselling What Was? series!Plt;/bPgt;Plt;brPgt;Plt;brPgt;Before May 31, 1921, the Greenwood District of Tulsa, Oklahoma, was a flourishing neighborhood of 10,000 Black residents. There, Black families found success and community. They ran their own businesses, including barbershops, clothing stores, jewelers, restaurants, movie theatres, and more. There also were Black doctors, dentists, and lawyers to serve the neighborhood. Then, in one weekend, all of this was lost. A racist mob tore through the streets, burning everything to the ground and killing scores of innocent residents. Learn about what led to one of the worst moments of racial violence in AmericaP#39;s history in this nonfiction book for young readers.
ISBN: 9780593521700
Publisher: Penguin Group USA
Year first published: 23 May 2023
Pages: 112
Format: Paperback / softback
Plt;bPgt;Learn how envy and racism led to the tragic destruction of the thriving Black community in Tulsa, Oklahoma, in this thought-provoking addition to the Plt;iPgt;New York Times Plt;/iPgt;bestselling What Was? series!Plt;/bPgt;
Plt;bPgt;Learn how envy and racism led to the tragic destruction of the thriving Black community in Tulsa, Oklahoma, in this thought-provoking addition to the Plt;iPgt;New York Times Plt;/iPgt;bestselling What Was? series!Plt;/bPgt;Plt;brPgt;Plt;brPgt;Before May 31, 1921, the Greenwood District of Tulsa, Oklahoma, was a flourishing neighborhood of 10,000 Black residents. There, Black families found success and community. They ran their own businesses, including barbershops, clothing stores, jewelers, restaurants, movie theatres, and more. There also were Black doctors, dentists, and lawyers to serve the neighborhood. Then, in one weekend, all of this was lost. A racist mob tore through the streets, burning everything to the ground and killing scores of innocent residents. Learn about what led to one of the worst moments of racial violence in AmericaP#39;s history in this nonfiction book for young readers.
