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Tulsa, 1921 : reporting a massacre / Randy Krehbiel ; foreword by Karlos K. Hill.

By: Publisher: Norman : University of Oklahoma Press, [2019]Description: xviii, 309 pages : illustrations ; 24 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 0806163313
  • 9780806163314
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 976.6/8600496073 23
LOC classification:
  • F704 .T92 K74 2019
Contents:
Foreword / by Karlos K. Hill -- May 30, 1921 -- Tulsa -- Greenwood -- "The story that set Tulsa ablaze" -- Chaos -- "Mob spirit and fever heat" -- Retribution -- Aftermath -- "Wounds of passion" -- "It must not be again" -- Directed verdict -- The new Negro -- Trials and tribulations -- The years since.
Summary: "Examines the events and players contributing to, participating in, and responding to Tulsa's 1921 race riot and massacre and the social, political and historical context in which it occurred"-- Provided by publisher.Summary: "In 1921, Tulsa's Greenwood District, known then as the nation's "Black Wall Street" was... prosperous, but a white mob, inflamed by rumors... invaded...How did a feud between the editiors of Oklhoma's black-owned newspapers influence events? Why were law enforcement officials in Tulsa under nvestigation before the "riot" even began?...The Tusa Massacre was the result of racial animosity and mistrust within a culture of political and econimic corruption. "-- Book jacket.
Holdings
Item type Current library Shelving location Call number Copy number Status Date due Barcode
Book Book NMC Library Stacks F704 .T92 K74 2019 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 1 Available 33039001498830

Includes bibliographical references (pages 291-300) and index.

Foreword / by Karlos K. Hill -- May 30, 1921 -- Tulsa -- Greenwood -- "The story that set Tulsa ablaze" -- Chaos -- "Mob spirit and fever heat" -- Retribution -- Aftermath -- "Wounds of passion" -- "It must not be again" -- Directed verdict -- The new Negro -- Trials and tribulations -- The years since.

"Examines the events and players contributing to, participating in, and responding to Tulsa's 1921 race riot and massacre and the social, political and historical context in which it occurred"-- Provided by publisher.

"In 1921, Tulsa's Greenwood District, known then as the nation's "Black Wall Street" was... prosperous, but a white mob, inflamed by rumors... invaded...How did a feud between the editiors of Oklhoma's black-owned newspapers influence events? Why were law enforcement officials in Tulsa under nvestigation before the "riot" even began?...The Tusa Massacre was the result of racial animosity and mistrust within a culture of political and econimic corruption. "-- Book jacket.

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