The burning: the Tulsa Race Massacre of 1921

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Madigan, Tim, 1957-

Madigan, Tim

Eva H. Perry Regional
North Regional
Oberlin Regional
Richard B. Harrison Community
Southeast Regional
Wake Forest Community

Adult Non-Fiction

Eva H. Perry Regional - Adult Non-Fiction
North Regional - Adult Non-Fiction
Northeast Regional - Adult Non-Fiction
Oberlin Regional - Adult Non-Fiction
Richard B Harrison - Adult Non-Fiction
Southeast Regional - Adult Non-Fiction
Wake Forest Community - Adult Non-Fiction

"On the morning of June 1, 1921, a white mob numbering in the thousands marched across the railroad tracks dividing black from white in Tulsa, Oklahoma, and obliterated a black community then celebrated as one of America's most prosperous. 34 square blocks of Tulsa's Greenwood community, known then as the Negro Wall Street of America, were reduced to smoldering rubble. And now, 80 years later, the death toll of what is known as the Tulsa Race Riot is more difficult to pinpoint. Conservative estimates put the number of dead at about 100 (75% of the victims are believed to have been black), but the actual number of casualties could be triple that. The Tulsa Race Riot Commission, formed two years ago to determine exactly what happened, has recommended that restitution to the historic Greenwood Community would be good public policy and do much to repair the emotional as well as physical scars of this most terrible incident in our shared past. With chilling details, humanity, and the narrative thrust of compelling fiction, The Burning will recreate the town of Greenwood at the height of its prosperity, explore the currents of hatred, racism, and mistrust between its black residents and neighboring Tulsa's white population, narrate events leading up to and including Greenwood's annihilation, and document the subsequent silence that surrounded the tragedy"--

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Non Fiction

Non Fiction

976.6 MADIG

Wake County Public Libraries

Eva H. Perry Regional
North Regional
Northeast Regional
Oberlin Regional
Richard B. Harrison Community
Southeast Regional
Wake Forest Community

9781250800725

2021

St. Martin's Griffin

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African American neighborhoods -- Oklahoma -- Tulsa -- History -- 20th century
African Americans -- Oklahoma -- Tulsa -- History -- 20th century
Greenwood (Tulsa, Okla.) -- Race relations
Racism -- Oklahoma -- Tulsa -- History -- 20th century
Riots -- Oklahoma -- Tulsa -- History -- 20th century
Tulsa (Okla.) -- Race relations
Tulsa Race Massacre, Tulsa, Okla., 1921
Violence -- Oklahoma -- Tulsa -- History -- 20th century

The burning : the Tulsa Race Massacre of 1921

The burning : the Tulsa Race Massacre of 1921 / Tim Madigan

The burning

the Tulsa Race Massacre of 1921

African American neighborhoods
African Americans
History
Race relations
Racism
Riots
Tulsa Race Massacre, Tulsa, Okla., 1921
Violence