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04131aam a2200433Ii 4500 001 57856FFE527411EC8E4D38A14AECA4DB 003 SILO 005 20211201010015 008 210601t20212021okuab b 001 0deng d 020 $a 097553890X 020 $a 9780975538906 040 $a OKT $b eng $e rda $c OKT $d OKT $d OCLCO $d ORX $d OCLCO $d SILO 043 $a n-us-ok 050 00 $a F704.T92 $b M67 2021 082 04 $a 976.6/86 $2 23 100 1 $a Moreno, Carlos, $e author. 245 14 $a The victory of Greenwood / $c Carlos Moreno. 264 1 $a Tulsa : $b Jenin Lloyd Jones press, $c [2021] 300 $a v, 356 pages : $b illustrations, portraits ; $c 23 cm 504 $a Includes bibliographical references and index. 505 00 $t Ellis Walker Woods & Booker T. Washington High School. $t A. J. Smitherman -- $t John & Loula Williams -- $t Dr. A. C. Jackson -- $t J. B. Stradford -- $t Edwin McCabe, Langston & Oklahoma's fate -- $t Simon Berry -- $t Mabel B. Little -- $t B. C. Franklin -- $t E. L. & Jeanne Goodwin -- $t S. M. & Eunice Jackson -- $t Black media reporting of the Massacre -- $t Maurice WIllows & the Red Cross -- $t Otis G. Clark -- $t Dr. Olivia J. Hooker -- $t George Monroe -- $t Jake Simmons, Jr. -- $t Amos T. Hall -- $t Vernon AME Church -- $t Reverend Ben H. Hill -- $t Homer Johnson -- $t Dr. Charles J. Bate -- $t Eddie Faye Gates -- $t Emmit J. McHenry -- $t Ellis Walker Woods & Booker T. Washington High School. 520 $a "The story of Greenwood is not one of tragedy. The neighborhood has suffered systemic racism and tragic events, but these do not define Greenwood nor tell its complete story. Founded in Oklahoma in 1905, shortly before Oklahoma's statehood, Greenwood became the wealthiest African-American community in the nation. A decade and a half later, in 1921, a white mob attacked Greenwood leaving it in ruins. Despite the despicable acts committed against Greenwood, now known as "The 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre," Greenwood rebuilt, even better than before, with no external aid. In fact, its residents overcame a deliberate attempt by the City of Tulsa to legally prevent them from rebuilding. In the present day, we--the Tulsa community--ask ourselves: Why does North Tulsa look the way it does? Why have its people failed to prosper and build generational wealth? Why is there a 20-year life expectancy gap between residents of North Tulsa and South Tulsa? The answer we have arrived at, since the discovery of the events surrounding the Race Massacre in May of 1921, is that North Tulsa's neighborhoods were destroyed, and the area has simply failed to recover from that event. However, this is a false narrative; one that comes from the perspective of the white community in Tulsa. The Victory of Greenwood endeavors to tell the story of Greenwood from the perspective of the heroes and entrepreneurs who built Greenwood and then rebuilt it after its destruction. Historians have published many books and articles about the days surrounding the 1921 Race Massacre, but Tulsa knows very little about the founding of Greenwood. We as a city know even less about Greenwood's reconstruction. Against all odds, the neighborhood was built again, better than before, and became known as "Black Wall Street"."-- $c Provided by publisher. 650 0 $a African Americans $z Tulsa $z Tulsa $v Biography. 651 0 $a Greenwood (Tulsa, Okla.) $x History $y 20th century. 651 0 $a Greenwood (Tulsa, Okla.) $x History $x History $y 20th century. 651 0 $a Tulsa (Okla.) $x History $x History $y 20th century. 650 0 $a Tulsa Race Massacre, Tulsa, Okla., 1921. 650 0 $a African Americans $x History $z Tulsa $z Tulsa $x History $y 20th century. 650 7 $a HISTORY / African American. $2 bisacsh 650 7 $a HISTORY / United States / 20th Century. $2 bisacsh 650 7 $a Race relations. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01086509 651 7 $a Oklahoma $z Tulsa. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01205469 648 7 $a 1900-2099 $2 fast 655 7 $a History. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01411628 655 7 $a Biographies. $2 lcgft 941 $a 1 952 $l UQAX771 $d 20211201010359.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=57856FFE527411EC8E4D38A14AECA4DB 994 $a C0 $b JIDInitiate Another SILO Locator Search