The Burning: Black Wall Street and the Tulsa Race Massacre of 1921 (Young Readers Edition)
by Tim Madigan and Hilary Beard
“A powerful book, a harrowing case study made all the more so by Madigan's... read more
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- Grade
- 7-12
- Genre
- Nonfiction
- Cultural Experience
- African American
Year Published 2021
Word Count 66,534
- Text Complexity
- Lexile Level: 1190L
- ATOS Reading Level: 8.2
- AR Quiz Numbers
- Quiz 518112, 12 AR Points
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- Curricular Area
- History
- Social Studies
- Subject Headings
- Racism against Black people--Oklahoma--Tulsa--History--20th century--Juvenile literature
- African Americans--Oklahoma--Tulsa--History--20th century
- Neighborhood--Juvenile literature
- African Americans--Oklahoma--Tulsa--History--20th century--Juvenile literature
- JUVENILE NONFICTION--United States--History--20th century
- Riots--Oklahoma--Tulsa--History--20th century--Juvenile literature
- African Americans--Juvenile literature
- JUVENILE NONFICTION--People & Places--United States--African American & Black
- African American neighborhoods
- Race relations
- Violence--Juvenile literature
- Violence--Oklahoma--Tulsa--History--20th century--Juvenile literature
- Racism--Oklahoma--Tulsa--History--20th century
- Riots
- Quartiers noirs ame?ricains--Oklahoma--Tulsa--Histoire--20e sie?cle--Ouvrages pour la jeunesse
- Tulsa Race Massacre, Tulsa, Okla., 1921
- African American neighborhoods--Oklahoma--Tulsa--History--20th century
- Violence--Oklahoma--Tulsa--History--20th century
- Violence
- Racism--Juvenile literature
- Riots--Tulsa (Okla.)
- African Americans--Tulsa (Okla.)
- Violence--Oklahoma--Tulsa--Histoire--20e sie?cle--Ouvrages pour la jeunesse
- Riots--Oklahoma--Tulsa--History--20th century
- Riots--Tulsa (Okla.)--Juvenile literature
- JUVENILE NONFICTION--Social Issues--Prejudice & Racism
- Tulsa Race Massacre, Tulsa, Okla., 1921--Juvenile literature
- Racism
- African Americans
- Noirs ame?ricains--Oklahoma--Tulsa--Histoire--20e sie?cle--Ouvrages pour la jeunesse
- African American neighborhoods--Oklahoma--Tulsa--History--20th century--Juvenile literature
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