The ground breaking : an American city and its search for justice

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"The definitive, newsbreaking account of the ongoing investigation into the Tulsa race massacre In the late spring of 1921, Tulsa, Oklahoma, erupted into the worst single incident of racial violence in American history. Over the course of sixteen hours, mobs of white men and women looted and burned to the ground a prosperous African American community, known today as Black Wall Street. More than one thousand homes and businesses were destroyed, a...

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ISBN:

9780593182987

Description:

321 pages ; 24 cm

Other Title:

American city and its search for justice

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index

Contents:

1921
After
Awakenings
Two Summers
Death in a Promised Land
Where are the rest?
The Lady With a Cane
Calls and Camera Crews
Reparations and Reprisals
The Steps to Nowhere
Rolexes and Pickup Trucks
Reminding a City of Her Sins
Breaking Ground
Bodies of Evidence
The Dirt Whisperers

LCCN:

2020057916

Control Number:

3013775

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