Thread by @ZinnEdProject

In new YA book, @brandycolbert tells history of Oklahoma incl. Trail of Tears, Reconstruction, Black towns, Red Summer, Jim Crow, Black and white newspapers, lynchings, Tulsa Massacre, policing, ongoing fight for reparations and historical memory, & more.
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Throughout Colbert provides context. e.g., when noting inflammatory headlines, she offers history of white AND Black press in Tulsa, rather than just saying "the press" as is too often norm, which standardizes whiteness & censors vital role of Black press. zinnedproject.org/materials/sold…

Colbert begins with her K-12 education in Missouri. "The fact that there was no separate, detailed lesson about Trail of Tears, which ran through our hometown, was particularly egregious."

Her Afterword powerfully connects history in book to current events.
Art by Max Standley

We (ZEP) offer lessons & textbook critiques on much of the history covered in "Black Birds in the Sky": Tulsa Massacre, Trail of Tears, Reparations, Reconstruction, policing, Red Summer, and more.

Below are lessons and other resources on Tulsa Massacre.
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In addition to "Black Birds in the Sky," we recommend @brandycolbert's other YA books to #TeachTruth & #TeachOutsideTextbook incl. "The Voting Booth" (see: zinnedproject.org/materials/voti…) & "The Rebellious Life of Mrs. Rosa Parks" with @JeanneTheoharis. See ⬇️

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