Unspeakable, Carole Boston Weatherford
Unspeakable, Carole Boston Weatherford
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Unspeakable
The Tulsa Race Massacre

Author: Carole Boston Weatherford

Narrator: January LaVoy, Carole Boston Weatherford

Unabridged: 19 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 05/20/2021

Synopsis

Tracing the history of African Americans in Tulsa's Greenwood district, this book chronicles the devastation that occurred in 1921 when a white mob attacked the Black community. News of what happened was largely suppressed, and no official investigation into the Tulsa Race Massacre occurred for seventy-five years. Sensitively introducing young audiences to this tragedy, Unspeakable concludes with a call for a better future. Please note that you may download an accompanying PDF that provides enhanced materials for this audiobook. To download the PDF please visit lernerbooks.com/unspeakable

About Carole Boston Weatherford

Carole Boston Weatherford has written many award-winning books for children, including Kin, illustrated by her son Jeffery and a Coretta Scott King Author Honor recipient; Box, which won a Newbery Honor; Unspeakable, which won the Coretta Scott King Award, a Caldecott Honor, and was a finalist for the National Book Award; Respect: Aretha Franklin, the Queen of Soul, winner of the Coretta Scott King Illustrator Award; ALA Notable Children’s Book You Can Fly; and Caldecott Honor winners Freedom in Congo Square; Voice of Freedom: Fannie Lou Hamer, Spirit of the Civil Rights Movement; and Moses: When Harriet Tubman Led Her People to Freedom. Carole lives in North Carolina. Visit her at CBWeatherford.com.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Dave

With the suspension of the Goodreads Choice 2021 Picture Book category, I was of mixed feelings; first, my family yearly rates all the nominees, but we had in recent years been less impressed with the nominees (which Rod Brown found were often published by Amazon subsidiaries). So I consulted a coup......more

Goodreads review by Raymond

I first learned of the Tulsa Race Massacre from an excellent history teacher when I took African American history in high school. Recently the massacre has received newfound attention after the release of the hit HBO show Watchmen and during the summer of 2020. As a result, many Americans may have l......more

Goodreads review by Calista

I saw the documentary on Black Wallstreet a Christmas or two ago when it came out. I was beyond shocked that something like this had happened in the US. Then, I realized that, yes, of course something like this has happened in the US. It broke my heart to watch. The violence was on such a massive sc......more

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