Reviews
Black Birds in the Sky: The Story and Legacy of the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre by Brandy Colbert
allissa125's review against another edition
3.0
First and foremost, the information in this book is important and well researched.
However.. most of this book is about the expansion of America and the negative impacts on Native Americans, the history of slavery, and many other issues. IMPORTANT. All of it. To title a book as this one is, I would have expected more on the Tulsa Massacre..
It reads like a history text which is what it is.. the dates skip back based on the line of history being discussed which made it a little confusing at times. There is SO. Much. In. This. Book.
I *do feel as if I learned from this and hopefully that I have a better understanding.
However.. most of this book is about the expansion of America and the negative impacts on Native Americans, the history of slavery, and many other issues. IMPORTANT. All of it. To title a book as this one is, I would have expected more on the Tulsa Massacre..
It reads like a history text which is what it is.. the dates skip back based on the line of history being discussed which made it a little confusing at times. There is SO. Much. In. This. Book.
I *do feel as if I learned from this and hopefully that I have a better understanding.
djohan's review against another edition
challenging
dark
informative
reflective
sad
tense
medium-paced
4.0
juanitamfm's review against another edition
informative
medium-paced
5.0
This is a great YA book about what happened to Black Wall Street, including all the events that led up to it and how the area was founded and built on racism.
annebennett1957's review against another edition
4.0
This book tried to do an awful lot in its pages which made the reading reading experience overwhelming at times. it is as if Colbert tried to make up for all the gaps in American recorded history in one volume. I found myself most interested in the last two chapters: The Legacy of Greenwood and the Afterward.
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tinyviolet's review against another edition
dark
emotional
informative
reflective
sad
fast-paced
5.0
robinreads_'s review against another edition
emotional
informative
reflective
tense
medium-paced
4.0
summyrenea's review against another edition
4.0
This YA nonfiction about the 1921 tragedy explains context so well from the settlement of the Oklahoma territory and history of indigenous people in Oklahoma and lynching and prejudices about black men. The book never condescends nor waters down the truth of our country’s past and sometimes present.