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By Pink, Randi2021., Feiwel and Friends Call No: HISTORICAL F PIN Edition: First edition. Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: "Seventeen-year-old Isaiah Wilson is, on the surface, a town troublemaker, but is hiding that he is an avid reader and secret poet, never leaving home without his journal. A passionate follower of W.E.B. Du Bois, he believes that black people should rise up to claim their place as equals. Sixteen-year-old Angel Hill is a loner, mostly disregarded by her peers as a goody-goody. Her father is dying, and her family's financial situation is in turmoil. Also, as a loyal follower of Booker T. Washington, she believes, through education and tolerance, that black people should rise slowly and without forced conflict. Though they've attended the same schools, Isaiah never noticed Angel as anything but a dorky, Bible-toting church girl. Then their English teacher offers them a job on her mobile library, a three-wheel, two-seater bike. Angel can't turn down the money and Isaiah is soon eager to be in such close quarters with Angel every afternoon. But life changes on May 31, 1921 when a vicious white mob storms the community of Greenwood, leaving the town destroyed and thousands of residents displaced. Only then, Isaiah, Angel, and their peers realize who their real enemies are"--From the publisher's web site.
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[2021]., Pre-adolescent, Balzer + Bray, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers Call No: HI-INT 976.6 COL Edition: First edition. Availability:2 of 2 At Location(s) Summary Note: "In the early morning of June 1, 1921, a white mob marched across the train tracks in Tulsa, Oklahoma, and into its predominantly Black Greenwood District--a thriving, affluent neighborhood known as America's Black Wall Street. They brought with them firearms, gasoline, and explosives. In a few short hours, they'd razed thirty-five square blocks to the ground, leaving hundreds dead. The Tulsa Race Massacre is one of the most devastating acts of racial violence in US history. But how did it come to pass? What exactly happened? And why are the events unknown to so many of us today? These are the questions that award-winning author Brandy Colbert seeks to answer in this unflinching nonfiction account of the Tulsa Race Massacre. In examining the tension that was brought to a boil by many factors--white resentment of Black economic and political advancement, the resurgence of white supremacist groups, the tone and perspective of the media, and more--a portrait is drawn of an event singular in its devastation, but not in its kind. It is part of a legacy of white violence that can be traced from our country's earliest days through Reconstruction, the Civil Rights movement in the mid-twentieth century, and the fight for justice and accountability Black Americans still face today. The Tulsa Race Massacre has long failed to fit into the story Americans like to tell themselves about the history of their country. This book, ambitious and intimate in turn, explores the ways in which the story of the Tulsa Race Massacre is the story of America--and by showing us who we are, points to a way forward"--From the publisher's web site.
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[2021]., Adolescent, Balzer + Bray, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers Call No: 976.6 8604 52 Edition: First edition. Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: "In the early morning of June 1, 1921, a white mob marched across the train tracks in Tulsa, Oklahoma, and into its predominantly Black Greenwood District--a thriving, affluent neighborhood known as America's Black Wall Street. They brought with them firearms, gasoline, and explosives. In a few short hours, they'd razed thirty-five square blocks to the ground, leaving hundreds dead. The Tulsa Race Massacre is one of the most devastating acts of racial violence in US history. But how did it come to pass? What exactly happened? And why are the events unknown to so many of us today? These are the questions that . . . author Brandy Colbert seeks to answer in this . . . nonfiction account of the Tulsa Race Massacre"--Provided by publisher.
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By Graber, G. S1996., J. Wiley Call No: 956.6 GRA Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: Argues that the Turkish government systematically attempted to eliminate the Armenian population in 1915; provides firsthand accounts that tell of the rise of anti-Armenian sentiments as the Ottoman Empire collapsed; and discusses why Western governments ignored the inhuman treatment of the Armenian people.
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2000., Dorling Kindersley Publishing, Inc Call No: Historical fiction FIC BAGDASARIAN Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: In three weeks Valian will lose his home and know hunger and thirst for the first time. In the next three years he will become an orphan, a prisoner, a beggar, a servant, and a stowaway in order to survive. Based on the experiences of the author's greatuncle during the Armenian massacres.
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2006., Morgan Reynolds Pub. Call No: 973.913 LAU Edition: 1st ed. Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s)Table of contents Series Title: American workersSummary Note: Presents an overview of the events of the Ludlow Massacre of 1913 - 1914, when state militia in Ludlow, Colorado killed striking miners in tent colonies, including two women and eleven children.
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1995., Juvenile, Beech Tree Books Call No: 921 KHERDIAN Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: A biography of the author's mother, concentrating on her childhood in Turkey before the Turkish government deported its Armenian population.
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1999., University of California Press Call No: 956.6 MIL Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: Provides historical and political context on the Armenian genocide in Turkey during the early twentieth century; discusses controversies over whether the genocide indeed happened; and presents the recollections of several survivors, covering such topics as the deportation marches, orphans, and emigration.
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-- Tulsa Race Massacre[2021]., Juvenile, Carolrhoda Books Call No: 976.6 8600496073 Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: "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"--Provided by the publisher.
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-- Tulsa Race Massacre[2021]., Pre-adolescent, Carolrhoda Books Call No: 976.6 Wea Availability:2 of 2 At Location(s) Summary Note: ". . . a powerful look at the 1921 Tulsa race massacre, one of the worst incidents of racial violence in United States history"--Provided by publisher.
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-- Tulsa Race Massacre[2021]., Juvenile, Carolrhoda Books Call No: 976.6 8600496073 Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: "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"--
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-- Tulsa Race Massacre[2021]., Juvenile, Carolrhoda Books Call No: E WEA Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: "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"--
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-- Tulsa Race Massacre[2021]., Juvenile, Carolrhoda Books Call No: 976.6 86 900496073 Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s)Click here to view Summary Note: A picture book that sensitively examines the racial massacre in the Greenwood district of Tulsa, Oklahoma, in 1921. The book describes the residents of the prosperous African American community, and what happened when a white mob attacked and destroyed the town. Includes an author's and an illustrator's note with photographs.
