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Author:

Madigan, Tim, 1957-

Title:

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

Edition:

First St. Martin's Griffin edition, 100th anniversary edition.

Publisher:

St. Martin's Griffin,

Copyright Date:

2021

Description:

xxii, 343 pages ; 21 cm

Notes:

Originally edition published: New York, N.Y. : Thomas Dunne Books/St. Martin's Press, 2001, under the title: The burning: massacre, destruction, and the Tulsa race riot of 1921. This 100th anniversary edition features a new afterword. by the author. Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents:

Prologue: Like Judgment Day -- Beyond hatred's reach -- Lincoln's devotee -- Diamond Dick and the KKK -- The sheriff's promise -- Down the road to apocalypse -- Be ready at daybreak -- The attack on Greenwood -- A single ruthless organism -- The Negro Alamo -- Are you Dr. Jackson? -- Sick from what I see -- Assignment of a lifetime -- Scorched earth -- A Christmas carol -- What do you say now? -- The veil lifted.

Summary:

"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. Thirty-four square blocks of Tulsa's Greenwood community, known then as Negro Wall Street of America, were reduced to smoldering rubble. With chilling details, humanity, and the narrative thrust of compelling fiction, The Burning re-creates the town of Greenwood at the height of its prosperity; explores the currents of hatred, racism, and mistrust between its Black residents and neighboring Tulsa's white population; narrates events leading up to and including Greenwood's annihilation; and documents the subsequent silence that surrounded the tragedy."--Page 4 of cover.

ISBN:

1250800722
9781250800725

OCLC:

(OCoLC)1184238730

LCCN:

2020056404

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