Opal's Greenwood Oasis
by Najah-Amatullah Hylton and Quraysh Ali Lansana
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Pub Date Feb 02 2021 | Archive Date Feb 05 2021
The Calliope Group | Independent Book Publishers Association (IBPA), Members' Titles
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Description
The year is 1921, and Opal Brown would like to show you around her beautiful neighborhood of Greenwood in Tulsa, Oklahoma. Filled with busy stores and happy families, Opal also wants you to know that “everyone looks like me.”
In both words and illustrations, this carefully researched and historically accurate book allows children to experience the joys and success of Greenwood, one of the most prosperous Black communities of the early 20th Century, an area Booker T. Washington dubbed America’s Black Wall Street.
Soon after the day narrated by Opal, Greenwood would be lost in the Tulsa Race Massacre, one of the worst acts of racial violence in American history. As we approach the centennial of that tragic event, children have the opportunity through this book to learn and celebrate all that was built in Greenwood.
A Note From the Publisher
Book illustrator: Skip Hill
Advance Praise
“Ah, sweet Opal Brown, standing here on the cusp of history.”
–Marilyn Nelson, author of the Printz and Coretta Scott King Honor Book, A Wreath for Emmett Till
“Ah, sweet Opal Brown, standing here on the cusp of history.”
–Marilyn Nelson, author of the Printz and Coretta Scott King Honor Book, A Wreath for Emmett Till
Marketing Plan
National print and online; social media; radio and television.
National print and online; social media; radio and television.
Available Editions
| EDITION | Hardcover |
| ISBN | 9781733647441 |
| PRICE | $22.50 (USD) |
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