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Across the Tracks: Remembering Greenwood, Black Wall Street, and the Tulsa Race Massacre
By BALL, Alverne
- ISBN
- 9781419755170
- Publisher
- Abrams ComicArts
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School Library Journal
Starred Review on September 3, 2021 | Graphic Nonfiction
Gr 6 Up—This nonfiction graphic novel shares an important, often overlooked piece of American history—the 1921 Tulsa race massacre. The community of Greenwood, in Tulsa, OK, in the early 1900s, also known as Black Wall Street, flourished even in the height of Jim Crow, with Black-owned businesses and cultural institutions. Wealthy businessman O.W. Gurley purchased land in Tulsa with a vision of creating a vibrant Black community. There he set up a...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
