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1) O.W. Gurley
Author
Series
Publisher
Rourke Educational Media, a division of Carson Dellosa Education
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Description
O.W. Gurley was a savvy businessman. In 1905 he purchased 40 acres of land in Tulsa, Oklahoma. It later became known as the Greenwood Community. He used his money and influence to make Greenwood one of the richest African American communities in America. It was nicknamed "Black Wall Street."
Author
Language
English
Formats
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"Celebrated author Carole Boston Weatherford and illustrator Floyd Cooper provide a powerful look at the 1921 Tulsa race massacre, one of the worst incidents of racial violence in our nation's history"--
On May 31 and June 1, 1921, 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. Thousands were left...
Author
Publisher
Vista Higher Learning/Santillana
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
Español
Description
"Una mirada poderosa a la Masacre de Tulsa Race, uno de los peores incidentes de violencia racial en la historia de nuestra nación. El libro traza la historia de los afroamericanos en el distrito de Greenwood de Tulsa, también conocido como Black Wall Street, y narra la devastación que ocurrió en 1921, cuando una turba blanca atacó a la próspera comunidad negra. Este libro ilustrado presenta con sensibilidad a los jóvenes lectores esta tragedia...
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