Searching for Sarah Rector : the richest Black girl in America
Title
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Searching for Sarah Rector : the richest Black girl in America
Author
:
Bolden, Tonya author.
ISBN
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9781419708466
Physical Description
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76 pages : illustrations (some color), color maps ; 27 cm
Contents
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160 acres -- Three and a half dollars an acre -- Twelve and a half percent -- One million dollars.
Reading Level
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1050 L Lexile
Personal Subject
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Rector, Sarah, 1902-1967
Subject Term
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African American women -- Oklahoma -- Creek County -- Biography.
African Americans -- Oklahoma -- Creek County -- Biography.
Women millionaires -- Oklahoma -- Creek County -- Biography.
Millionaires -- Oklahoma -- Creek County -- Biography.
Creek Indians -- Oklahoma -- Creek County -- Biography.
Petroleum industry and trade -- Oklahoma -- History -- 20th century.
Geographic Term
:
Creek County (Okla.) -- Biography.
Summary
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Recounts the story of the 1914 disappearance of eleven-year-old Sarah Rector, an African American who was part of the Creek Indian people and whose land had made her wealthy, and what it reveals about race, money, and American society.
| Library | Call Number | Status |
|---|
| Park Grove Library (Cottage Grove) | J 973.0496 BOL | Nonfiction Collection |
| R.H. Stafford Library (Woodbury) | J 973.0496 BOL | Nonfiction Collection |
| Stillwater Public Library | J 973.0496 BOL | Nonfiction Collection |