Black Birds in the Sky: The Story and Legacy of the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre | 
#bookhaul9 consists of (mainly) non fic titles for my class library. My grade 10 students are about to start multigenre projects based on a topic they're interested in.
pickAn excellent read about a horrific event in our history that needs to be discussed more. I knew absolutely nothing about the Tulsa Race Massacre until recently. I was never taught it in high school or college.
Brandy Colbert blends survivor stories with journalistic research to tell the tragic story of both the before and after of the Tulsa Massacre.
This was not an easy read, but I'm thankful for authors like this speaking the truth.
pickI think this was a very well written book. It started with the history of race riots, building up what happened the years before Tulsa. Then moved on to the Tulsa Riot, as it was a quick night. Then closed with the aftermath, up to how we‘re remembering it today. There‘s a lot going on in this history.
pickExcellent book on the history of the Tulsa race riots. A good perspective on the history of racism in the US that does not take place in the American south.
so-soAn extremely important event is chronicled in a very uneven book. From moments of “hold your breath intensity” to a recitation of person, place, and time. Thanks to Edelweiss for an early review copy.
pickThis is an easily read and understood book, but it is not an easy, light read. America has a vast and horrible history surrounding race and Colbert does a stellar job laying out the foundation before the Tulsa Massacre, and in describing the even itself. Painful history that most of us were never taught in school, but need to do the work to learn. There is even an embarrassing chapter about my home state Oregon, never fun but vital to acknowledge
