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Lädt ... Black Birds in the Sky: The Story and Legacy of the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre (2021. Auflage)von Brandy Colbert (Autor)
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Melde dich bei LibraryThing an um herauszufinden, ob du dieses Buch mögen würdest. Keine aktuelle Diskussion zu diesem Buch. Excellent research on the Tulsa race massacre. First half of the book explains what leads up to the attitudes of whites against blacks. Second half describes the massacre from first person accounts. Quote by Ida B. Wells-Barnett, "the way to right wrongs is to turn the light of truth upon them." Timely! Don't miss the forward and afterward1 Many similarities now is our divisive country. Compares Trump to President Johnson and even mentions Josh Hawley (her home state representative.) Black birds in the sky were bullets and incendiary devices being thrown or shot from planes. ( ) The Tulsa Race Massacre of 1921 was not only a devastating attack on one community, but part of a history of violence against African Americans. The attack on the Greenwood District of Tulsa, Oklahoma, that began on May 31, 1921, was triggered in part by a mob of Whites seeking to punish an African American teenager for allegedly assaulting a White woman. However, this exploration shows that the violence that destroyed the thriving community known as Black Wall Street was part of a long history of brutality and displacement. In addition to describing the event itself and the subsequent active suppression of information about it, Colbert provides important context for the founding of Tulsa, as Muscogee (Creek) people who were forcibly removed from their land by the U.S. government settled there in 1833. The end of Reconstruction saw paroxysms of violence and the rise in discriminatory laws against African Americans, and many sought sanctuary in Indian Territory. By weaving together many elements, this sophisticated volume makes clear that the destruction of Black property and lives in the Tulsa Race Massacre was not an isolated incident. Beginning with the author’s personal foreword and continuing throughout the detailed narrative, readers are guided to see the complex, interconnected nature of history. The clear, readable prose supports a greater understanding both of how and why incidents like the one in Tulsa happened and their exclusion from curriculum and conversations about U.S. history. A compelling recounting that invites and encourages readers to grapple with difficult history. (afterword, bibliography, sources, index) (Nonfiction. 14-18) -Kirkus Review Narrated by Brandy Colbert and Kristyl Dawn Tift. The author sets the historical context for what eventually led to the Tulsa race massacre and describes current reparative efforts to ensure this terrible event is never forgotten. Tift, the main reader, presents the material in composed, sobering tones. An important U.S. historical event that all young people should be aware of. It is hard to believe that the Tulsa Race Massacre that happened in 1921, was buried in American history for decades and is finally being brought to light, these past few years. Many Tulsa residents had no clue it ever occurred. This well-written, well-researched book looks at the massacre and the events leading up to it. It also looks at our current racial divides and how much more work needs to be done. Highly recommended. keine Rezensionen | Rezension hinzufügen
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Human Rights.
Sociology.
Young Adult Nonfiction.
HTML: A searing new work of nonfiction from award-winning author Brandy Colbert about the history and legacy of one of the most deadly and destructive acts of racial violence in American history: the Tulsa Race Massacre. Winner, Boston Globe-Horn Book Award. In the early morning of June 1, 1921, a white mob marched across the train tracks in Tulsa, Oklahoma, and into its predominantly Black Greenwood Districtâ??a thriving, affluent neighborhood known as America's Black Wall Street. They brought with them firearms, gasoline, and explosives. In a few short hours, they'd razed thirty-five square blocks to the ground, leaving hundreds dead. The Tulsa Race Massacre is one of the most devastating acts of racial violence in US history. But how did it come to pass? What exactly happened? And why are the events unknown to so many of us today? These are the questions that award-winning author Brandy Colbert seeks to answer in this unflinching nonfiction account of the Tulsa Race Massacre. In examining the tension that was brought to a boil by many factorsâ??white resentment of Black economic and political advancement, the resurgence of white supremacist groups, the tone and perspective of the media, and moreâ??a portrait is drawn of an event singular in its devastation, but not in its kind. It is part of a legacy of white violence that can be traced from our country's earliest days through Reconstruction, the Civil Rights movement in the midâ??twentieth century, and the fight for justice and accountability Black Americans still face today. The Tulsa Race Massacre has long failed to fit into the story Americans like to tell themselves about the history of their country. This book, ambitious and intimate in turn, explores the ways in which the story of the Tulsa Race Massacre is the story of Americaâ??and by showing us who we are, points to a way forward. YALSA Honor Award for Excellence in Nonfictio Keine Bibliotheksbeschreibungen gefunden. |
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