Lena and the Burning of Greenwood

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Lena and the Burning of Greenwood

Author	: Nikki Shannon Smith
File Size	: 54,8 Mb
Publisher	: Capstone
Language	: English
Release Date	: 07 May 2024
ISBN	: 9781663990563
Pages	: 113 pages

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Lena and the Burning of Greenwood by Nikki Shannon Smith Book PDF Summary

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 violence escalates Lena, her parents, and her older sister search desperately for a safe place to hide from the mob.

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