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Lena and the burning of Greenwood : a Tulsa Race Massacre survival story /

Twelve-year-old Lena is aware of racism, but she lives a comfortable life in the segregated but relatively wealthy Greenwood District in Tulsa, Oklahoma; but on May 31, 1921 racial tensions explode, and men from downtown Tulsa invade Greenwood, set on killing and destroying the district--and as the...

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Main Author: Smith, Nikki Shannon, 1971-
Other Authors: Jenai, Markia, (Illustrator)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: North Mankato, Minnesota : Stone Arch Books, a Capstone imprint, [2022]
Series:Girls survive.
Subjects:
African American families > Oklahoma > Tulsa > Juvenile fiction.
Tulsa Race Massacre, Tulsa, Okla., 1921 > Juvenile fiction.
Massacres > Oklahoma > History > 20th century > Juvenile fiction.
African American neighborhoods > Oklahoma > Tulsa > History > 20th century > Juvenile fiction.
African Americans > Juvenile fiction.
Race relations > Juvenile fiction.
Survival > Juvenile fiction.
Greenwood (Tulsa, Okla.) > History > 20th century > Juvenile fiction.
Tulsa (Okla.) > History > 20th century > Juvenile fiction.
Historical fiction.
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