The Nation Must Awake: Our Witness to the Tulsa Race Massacre of 1921 Cover:Paperback A riveting and timely young

A riveting and timely young adult debut novel that asks difficult questions about what choices you can make when the society around you is in denial

“I began to suspect that a crucial piece remained missing from America’s long attempts at racial reconciliation

and a curriculum that does not adequately connect to poor children’s lives conspire against the prospects of poor children of color

If he can stay on track

But to accept the offer will mean giving up her place in her family to travel between the stars among strangers who do not share her ways or respect her customs

The Nation Must Awake: Our Witness to the Tulsa Race Massacre of 1921 Cover:Paperback A riveting and timely youngMary Parrish was reading in her home when the Tulsa race massacre began on the evening of May 31, 1921. Parrishs daughter, Florence Mary, called the young journalist and teacher to the window. Mother, she said, I see men with guns. The two eventually fled and unwittingly became eyewitnesses to the death of hundreds of Black Oklahomans and the destruction of the Greenwood district, a prosperous, primarily Black area known nationally as Black Wall