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Built from the fire : the epic story of Tulsa's Greenwood district, America's Black Wall Street : one hundred years in the neighborhood that refused to be erased / Victor Luckerson.

Luckerson, Victor, (author.).

Summary:
"When Ed Goodwin moved with his parents to Greenwood, Tulsa, his family joined a growing community on the cusp of becoming the center of Black life in the West. But, just a few years later, on May 31, 1921, the teenaged Ed hid in a bathtub as a white mob descended on his neighborhood. They laid waste to 35 blocks and murdering as many as 300 people. The Tulsa Race Massacre was one of the worst acts of racist violence in United States history. The Goodwins and many of their neighbors soon rebuilt the district into "a Mecca," in Ed's words, where nightlife thrived, small businesses flourished, and an underworld economy lived comfortably alongside public storefronts. Ed grew into a prominent businessman and bought a community newspaper called the Oklahoma Eagle to chronicle its resurgence and battles against white bigotry. He and his genteel wife, Jeanne, raised an ambitious family, who became literal poster-children for black progress, and their son Jim, an attorney, embodied their hopes for the Civil Rights Movement. But, by the 1970s urban renewal policies had nearly emptied the neighborhood, even as Jim and his neighbors tried to hold onto pieces of Greenwood. Today, the newspaper remains, and Ed's granddaughter Regina represents the neighborhood in the Oklahoma state legislature, working alongside a new generation of local activists"-- Provided by publisher.

Record details

  • ISBN: 9780593134375
  • ISBN: 0593134370
  • Physical Description: xiv, 656 pages : illustrations, map ; 25 cm
  • Edition: First edition.
  • Publisher: New York : Random House, [2023]

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 493-619) and index.
Formatted Contents Note:
Prologue -- Do not hesitate, but come -- And sometimes better, besides -- Black capital -- False promises -- The war at home and abroad -- "Get a gun and get busy" -- The massacre -- A conspiracy in plain sight -- Far from home -- The myth of an impervious people -- Sugar Man -- Family business -- A world apart -- Separate but equal -- Crossing the line -- You'll be a man, my son -- Somewhere between hope and expectation -- A slower burn -- Handoffs -- In flesh and stone -- Reconciliation day -- "Trust the system" -- This is our time -- Dissolution -- The rituals of remembrance -- Beyond ceremony -- Epilogue.
Subject: Greenwood (Tulsa, Okla.) > Race relations > History.
Tulsa (Okla.) > Race relations > History.
Tulsa Race Massacre, Tulsa, Okla., 1921.
Goodwin family.
Urban renewal > Oklahoma > Tulsa > History.
African Americans > Oklahoma > Tulsa > Social conditions.
African Americans > Oklahoma > Tulsa > Biography.
Greenwood (Tulsa, Okla.) > Biography.
Tulsa (Okla.) > Biography.
Genre: Biographies.

Available copies

  • 15 of 16 copies available at SPARK Libraries.

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  • 0 current holds with 16 total copies.
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Location Call Number / Copy Notes Barcode Shelving Location Status Due Date
Abington Community Library 976.686 LUCKERS (Text) 50687011835793 Adult Nonfiction Available -
Albright Memorial Library 976.686 LUCKERS (Text) 50686016313749 Adult Nonfiction Available -
Altoona Area Public Library 976.686 LUC (Text) 33240004695444 Adult Nonfiction Available -
Cambria County Library 976.686 L941b (Text) 85131001879783 CACM Non-Fiction Available -
Carbondale Public Library 976.686 LUCKERS (Text) 50688010862747 Adult Nonfiction Available -
Dillsburg Area Public Library Adults 976.6 LUC Nonfiction (Text) 34001001442530 Adult Area Available -
Gettysburg Library 976.68 LUCKERSON (Text)
Endowment: Friends of Library Named Endowment, 2023
35740635952666 Nonfiction Available -
Hollidaysburg Area Public Library 976.686 Luc 2023 (Text) 10HOL00049776A Adult New Nonfiction Available -
Indian Valley Public Library 976.6 Luckerson History (Text) 39427103738514 Nonfiction Room: Adult Nonfiction Available -
Lower Macungie Library 976.686 LUC (Text) 33400001601742 New Adult Nonfiction Checked Out 04/01/2024


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