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Unspeakable: The Tulsa Race Massacre
Carol Boston Weatherford
Illustrator: Floyd Cooper
Ages: 9+
Published: 2021
Publisher: Carolrhoda Books/Lerner
ISBN: 978-1-5415-8120-3
Keywords: race relations, African Americans, history--20th century, picture book for older readers
How Greenwood, an African American community in Oklahoma, was attacked in 1921 and set fire by a white mob. Free verse and sepia paintings.