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Tulsa, Oklahoma, once housed an area called Black Wall Street. Successful African Americans owned and operated business in Greenwood, a section of the city. Without downplaying the horror, author and illustrator combine talents to present this brutal historical event in words and image. Additional resources are included.
Feb 19, 2020 · After trying several times to establish a library in Tulsa, women's clubs in 1905, a group of citizens convinced Andrew Carnegie in 1912 to provide $35,000 to build a library if the city had a ...
This new addition currently serves as the primary library facility while the Carnegie building serves as a meeting and special occasion area, still in use by the Tahlequah Public Library. 22: Tulsa Tulsa: Nov 30, 1910: $55,000 3rd and Cheyenne Razed in 1965 23: University of Oklahoma Norman: February 20, 1903: $30,000 650 Parrington Oval
An account of the Tulsa race riot of 1921 in which white people attacked and murdered Black residents in the Greenwood neighborhood. Includes a collection of shorter witness testimonials and a partial list of property and financial losses of its victims.
Welcome to the Tulsa & Oklahoma History Resources Guide To promote lifelong learning and contribute to a stronger community, Tulsa City-County Library collects, organizes, and preserves materials on the history of our area. We provide access to materials both online and in the Oklahoma Room. The Oklahoma Room is located on the 3rd floor of ...
Walter Dean Myers Award (2018) ISBN. 978-0-7636-8046-6. Schomburg: The Man Who Built a Library is a 2017 non-fiction children's book written by Carole Boston Weatherford and illustrated by Eric Velasquez. It provides a biography of Arturo Alfonso Schomburg, a Puerto Rican-American bibliophile and curator. The book was well-received by critics.
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It wasn’t until the 1960s that what is today known as Tulsa City-County Library was born when, on November 14, 1961, an election was held in Tulsa County to approve “the expenditure of $3.8 million to construct a new Central Library and three branches, plus a 1.9-mill annual levy for funding the system.” Tulsa voters approved “a countywide system to consolidate metropolitan and ...
