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The Burning (Young Readers Edition): Black Wall Street and the Tulsa Race Massacre of 1921
By MADIGAN, Tim
- ISBN
- 9781250787699
- Publisher
- Holt
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Reviewed on July 1, 2021 | Middle To High School
Gr 6 Up—Eye-opening and immersive, this book is essential antiracist reading. Written by Madigan and adapted by Beard for young readers, this in-depth work of narrative nonfiction peels back the layers of the burning and massacre of Greenwood, a 35-block part of Tulsa, OK, in 1921. Also known as "Black Wall Street," Greenwood was a bustling, thriving community of Black Americans that became the target of white racist rage, violence, and destruction after a Black 19-year-old named Dick Rowland was accused of a...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
