Unspeakable : the Tulsa Race Massacre

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Label

Unspeakable : the Tulsa Race Massacre

Title remainder

the Tulsa Race Massacre

Statement of responsibility

Carole Boston Weatherford ; [illustrations by] Floyd Cooper

Title variation

Tulsa Race Massacre

Creator

• trueWeatherford, Carole Boston, 1956-

Contributor

• Cooper, Floyd

Author

• trueWeatherford, Carole Boston, 1956-

Illustrator

• Cooper, Floyd

Subject

• Informational works
• Picture books
• Picture books for children
• trueRace relations
• trueRace riots
• trueRacism
• trueRiots
• trueRiots -- History
• trueRiots -- United States -- History
• Tulsa (Okla.) -- Race relations | History -- 20th century -- Juvenile literature
• Tulsa Race Massacre, Tulsa, Okla., 1921 -- Juvenile literature
• trueTulsa Race Massacre, Tulsa, Oklahoma, 1921
• trueTulsa Race Riot, 1921
• trueTulsa, Oklahoma
• trueUnited States
• trueUnited States -- Race relations
• trueViolence against African-Americans
• African Americans -- Violence against
• African Americans -- Violence against -- Oklahoma | Tulsa -- History -- 20th century -- Juvenile literature
• Creative nonfiction
• Greenwood (Tulsa, Okla.) -- History -- 20th century -- Juvenile literature
• Greenwood (Tulsa, Okla.) -- Race relations | History -- 20th century -- Juvenile literature
• trueOklahoma

Genre

• Creative nonfiction
• Juvenile literature
• Picture books
• Picture books for children
• Informational works

Language

eng

Summary

The 1921 Tulsa, Oklahoma, race massacre was one of the worst incidents of racial violence in our nation's history. On May 31 and June 1 an armed mob looted homes and businesses as Black families fled. The police did nothing to protect Greenwood, and as many as three hundred African Americans were killed, most buried in unmarked graves. No official investigation occurred until seventy-five years later. Weatherford helps young readers understand the events of this incident. --

Storyline

• trueOwn voices

Tone

• trueSerious
• trueMoving

Illustration

• trueRealistic
• trueMuted

Award

• Coretta Scott King Award, Author Category, 2022.
• Coretta Scott King Award, Illustrator Category, 2022.

Assigning source

Adapted from jacket

Awards note

• Coretta Scott King Author Award, 2022.
• Coretta Scott King Illustrator Award, 2022.
• Caldecott Honor, 2022.

Cataloging source

DLC

Dewey number

976.6/8600496073

Illustrations

illustrations

Index

no index present

Intended audience

• Ages 8-12
• Grades 4-6

Intended audience source

• Carolrhoda Books
• Carolrhoda Books

Literary form

non fiction

http://library.link/vocab/ext/novelist/minGradeLevel

• 3
• 6

Target audience

juvenile