Unspeakable: The Tulsa Race Massacre

Winner of the Coretta Scott King Book Awards for Author and Illustrator

A Caldecott Honor Book

A Sibert Honor Book

Longlisted for the National Book Award

A Kirkus Prize Finalist

A Boston Globe-Horn Book Honor Book

"A must-have"--Booklist (starred review)

Celebrated author Carole Boston Weatherford and illustrator Floyd Cooper provide a powerful look at the Tulsa Race Massacre, one of the worst incidents of racial violence in our nation's history. The book traces the history of African Americans in Tulsa's Greenwood district and chronicles the devastation that occurred in 1921 when a white mob attacked the Black community.

News of what happened was largely suppressed, and no official investigation occurred for seventy-five years. This picture book sensitively introduces young readers to this tragedy and concludes with a call for a better future.

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Author: Carole Boston Weatherford
Binding Type: Hardcover
Publisher: Carolrhoda Books (R)
Published: 02/02/2021
Pages: 32
Weight: 0.98lbs
Size: 11.00h x 9.40w x 0.30d
ISBN: 9781541581203


Award: National Book Awards - Nominee
Award: Boston Globe-Horn Book Awards - Honor Book
Award: Coretta Scott King Award - Winner
Award: Coretta Scott King Award - Winner
Award: Caldecott Medal - Honor Book
Award: Robert F. Sibert Informational Book Award - Honor Book
Award: Kirkus Prize - Finalist