Across the Tracks: Remembering Greenwood, Black Wall Street, and the Tulsa Race Massacre

Across the Tracks is a graphic nonfiction account that brings to life the story of Greenwood, Oklahoma-once known as Black Wall Street-and one of the most significant chapters in American history.

Written by Alverne Ball and illustrated by Stacey Robinson, the book introduces readers to a thriving Black community whose achievements and cultural vitality shaped a powerful legacy prior to the devastating 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre.

Before the events of 1921, Greenwood was a center of Black entrep...