Lena and the Burning of Greenwood: A Tulsa Race Massacre Survival Story
Author: Nikki Shannon Smith Category: Action and Adventure, Crime, Elementary School, Family, Historical Fiction, Moving House and Relocation, Prejudice and Racism, Racial Violence and Terrorism, Survival, Upper Elementary Publisher: Stone Arch Books Language: English Reading Age: Elementary School, Upper Elementary Illustrator: Markia Jenai Share: More DetailsIn the early 1920s, the Greenwood District in Tulsa, Oklahoma, is the wealthiest Black community in the United States. But Tulsa is still a segregated city. “Black Wall Street” and white Tulsa are very much divided. Twelve-year-old Lena knows this, but she feels safe and sheltered from the racism in her successful, flourishing neighborhood. That all changes when Dick Rowland, a young Black man from Greenwood, is accused of assaulting a white woman. Racial tensions boil over. Mobs of white citizens attack Greenwood, terrorizing Black residents and businesses, and forcing many–including Lena and her family–to flee. Now Lena must help her family survive one of the worst incidents of racial violence in American history. Readers can learn the real story of the Tulsa Race Massacre from the nonfiction backmatter, including a glossary, discussion questions, writing prompts, and author’s note, in this Girls Survive story.
Lena and the Burning of Greenwood: A Tulsa Race Massacre Survival Story (Girls Survive)
Written by Nikki Shannon Smith
Illustrated by Markia Jenai
Source: Publisher (Stone Arch Books)
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