Unspeakable: The Tulsa Race Massacre (Caldecott Honor Book)
Carole Boston Weatherford (RESPECT: Aretha Franklin, the Queen of Soul) and Floyd Cooper (Juneteenth for Mazie) created a powerful acknowledgment of this haunting and significant moment in our nation's past. The Tulsa Race Massacre was largely suppressed and remains an overlooked chapter of racial violence. Weatherford and Cooper optimistically offer hope for a better future.
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)
In the early 1900s, Tulsa, Oklahoma, was home to a thriving African American community. The Greenwood District had its own school system, libraries, churches, restaurants, post office, movie theaters, and more. But all that would change in t...























