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For every Black life, every Black hope, every Black dream

—C.B.W.

For my Grandpa C. D. Williams—because you talked
—F.C.

Grateful acknowledgment to Hannibal B. Johnson, author, attorney, consultant, Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
and chair of the Education Committee for the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre Centennial
Commission, for reviewing the text and sharing his expertise. Names: Weatherford, Carole Boston, 1956– author. | Cooper,
Floyd, illustrator.
Back endsheet photo: This June 1921 photograph shows the total devastation of the Title: Unspeakable : the Tulsa Race Massacre / Carole Boston
Greenwood District in the aftermath of the massacre. Weatherford ; illustrations by Floyd Cooper.
Other titles: Tulsa Race Massacre
Text copyright © 2021 by Carole Boston Weatherford Description: Minneapolis : Carolrhoda Books, [2021] | Audience:
Illustrations copyright © 2021 by Floyd Cooper Ages 8–12 | Audience: Grades 4–6 | Summary: “Celebrated
author Carole Boston Weatherford and illustrator Floyd
All rights reserved. International copyright secured. No part of this book may be Cooper provide a powerful look at the 1921 Tulsa Race
reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted in any form or by any means— Massacre, one of the worst incidents of racial violence in our
electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording, or otherwise—without the prior nation’s history” —Provided by publisher.
written permission of Lerner Publishing Group, Inc., except for the inclusion of brief Identifiers: LCCN 2020020949 (print) | LCCN 2020020950 (ebook)
quotations in an acknowledged review. | ISBN 9781541581203 (trade hardcover) | ISBN 9781728417387
(eb pdf)
Carolrhoda Books® Subjects: LCSH: Tulsa Race Riot, Tulsa, Okla., 1921—Juvenile
An imprint of Lerner Publishing Group, Inc. literature. | African Americans—Violence against—
241 First Avenue North Oklahoma—Tulsa—History—20th century—Juvenile
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History—20th century—Juvenile literature. | Greenwood
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Photos are courtesy of the Library of Congress (historical), Floyd Cooper (family photo), Classification: LCC F704.T92 W43 2021 (print) | LCC F704.T92
and Danielle Carnito (Reconciliation Park). (ebook) | DDC 976.6/8600496073—dc23

Designed by Danielle Carnito LC record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/2020020949
Main body text set in Aptifer Slab LT Pro Semibold. LC ebook record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/2020020950
Typeface provided by Linotype AG.
The illustrations in this book were created using oil and erasure. Manufactured in the United States of America
1-47319-47946-8/26/2020