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[2020], Primary, Carolrhoda Books Call No: 363.325 140976638 Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: "A profoundly moving nonfiction picture book about tragedy, hope, and healing from the award-winning author. Sometimes bad things happen, and you have to tell everyone. Sometimes terrible things happen, and everybody knows. On April 19, 1995, something terrible happened in Oklahoma City: a bomb exploded, and people were hurt and killed. But that was not the end of the story. Those who survived--and those who were forever changed--shared their stories and began to heal. Near the site of the bomb blast, an American elm tree began to heal as well. People took care of the tree just as they took care of each other. The tree and its seedlings now offer solace to people around the world grappling with tragedy and loss. Released to coincide with the 25th anniversary of the Oklahoma City bombing, this book commemorates what was lost and offers hope for the future"--Publisher's website.
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c2009., Pre-adolescent, Carolrhoda Books Call No: B Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: This biography profiles the life of Bass Reeves, a former slave who was recruited as a deputy United States Marshal in the area that was to become Oklahoma.
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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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2017., Adolescent, Algonquin Books of Chapel Hill Call No: 920 REE Edition: First edition. Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: In the early 1930s, during the worst drought and financial depression in American history, Sam Babb began to dream. Like so many others, this charismatic Midwestern basketball coach wanted a reason to have hope. Traveling from farm to farm near the tiny Oklahoma college where he coached, Babb recruited talented, hardworking young women and offered them a chance at a better life: a free college education in exchange for playing on his basketball team, the Cardinals.
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c2012., Juvenile, Lerner Publications Call No: Biography DURANT Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Series Title: Amazing athletesSummary Note: An introduction to the life of professional basketball player Kevin Durant that provides information on his childhood, schooling, years with the Oklahoma City Thunder, career accomplishments, and other related topics.
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By Grann, David[2021]., Adolescent, Crown Books for Young Readers Call No: NL 976.60 GRA Edition: First edition. Availability:2 of 2 At Location(s) Summary Note: "In the 1920s, the richest people per capita in the world were members of the Osage Indian Nation in Oklahoma. After oil was discovered beneath their land, the Osage rode in chauffeured automobiles, built mansions, and sent their children to study in Europe. Then, one by one, they began to be killed off. One Osage woman, Mollie Burkhart, watched as her family was murdered. Her older sister was shot. Her mother was then slowly poisoned. And it was just the beginning, as more Osage began to die under mysterious circumstances. In this last remnant of the Wild West--where oilmen like J. P. Getty made their fortunes and where desperadoes such as Al Spencer, 'the Phantom Terror,' roamed--virtually anyone who dared to investigate the killings were themselves murdered. As the death toll surpassed more than twenty-four Osage, the newly created F.B.I. took up the case, in what became one of the organization's first major homicide investigations. But the bureau was then notoriously corrupt and initially bungled the case. Eventually the young director, J. Edgar Hoover, turned to a former Texas Ranger named Tom White to try to unravel the mystery. White put together an undercover team, including one of the only Native American agents in the bureau. They infiltrated the region, struggling to adopt the latest modern techniques of detection. Together with the Osage they began to expose one of the most chilling conspiracies in American history. In Killers of the Flower Moon, David Grann revisits a shocking series of crimes in which dozens of people were murdered in cold blood. The book is a masterpiece of narrative nonfiction, as each step in the investigation reveals a series of sinister secrets and reversals. But more than that, it is a searing indictment of the callousness and prejudice toward Native Americans that allowed the murderers to operate with impunity for so long. Killers of the Flower Moon is utterly riveting, but also emotionally devastating"--Provided by the publisher.
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2006., Child's World Call No: 976.6 HEI Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Series Title: Welcome to the U.S.ASummary Note: Contains an introduction to Oklahoma, in simple text with illustrations, providing information on its geography, history, and people. Includes state facts and timeline.
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1989, Juvenile, Childrens Call No: 976.6 Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Series Title: America the beautifulSummary Note: Introduces this central state that has been a "Dust Bowl," Indian Territory, oil rich, and a promised land to settlers.
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c2003., Pre-adolescent, Children's Press Call No: 976.6 Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Series Title: From sea to shining seaSummary Note: Provides information about the geography, history, government, economy, people, and places of Oklahoma, and includes photographs, maps, sidebars, a time line, an almanac of state facts, and a gallery of famous Oklahomans.
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1992., Juvenile, Lerner Publications Call No: 976.6 Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Series Title: Hello U.S.ASummary Note: Introduces the geography, history, people, industries, and other highlights of Oklahoma.
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2002., World Almanac Library Call No: 976.6 MAR Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Series Title: World Almanac library of the statesSummary Note: Describes the history, geography, government, culture, people, and special events and attractions of the state of Oklahoma.
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c1996., Lothrop, Lee & Shepard Books Call No: 976.6 38 Edition: 1st ed. Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: Conversations with children from the Oklahoma City area about their feelings at the time of the bombing of the Federal Building and afterwards.
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2003., Juvenile, Sleeping Bear Press Call No: 976.6 Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: The letters of the alphabet are represented by words, set in short rhymes with additional information, relating to the state of Oklahoma.
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c2003., Sleeping Bear Press Call No: 976.6 Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: A rhyming alphabet that names people, places, and things from Oklahoma's history, culture, and natural world and provides background information on each one.
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2014., Pre-adolescent, Abrams Books for Young Readers Call No: B Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: "Recounts the story of the 1914 disappearance of eleven-year-old Sarah Rector, an African American who was part of the Creek Indian people and whose land had made her wealthy, and what it reveals about race, money, and American society"--Provided by OCLC.
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By Lund, Bill1997., Primary, Capstone Call No: 970.004 Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Series Title: Native peoplesSummary Note: Provides an overview of the past and present lives of the Seminoles, covering their daily life, customs, relations with the government and others, and more.
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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]., 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]., 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.
