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xiii, 274 pages : illustrations, maps, portraits ; 27 cm. |
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still image sti rdacontent |
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Gender group: gdr Men lcdgt |
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Nationality/regional group: nat Americans lcdgt |
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Karlos K. Hill: Occupational/field of activity group: occ University and college faculty members lcdgt |
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Kevin Matthews: Occupational/field of activity group: occ Senators lcdgt |
| Series |
Greenwood Cultural Center series in African diaspora history and culture |
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Greenwood Cultural Center series in African diaspora history and culture.
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 272-274). |
| Contents |
Introduction: race riot or race massacre? -- The Greenwood District before the race massacre -- The massacre -- Internment -- Angels of mercy -- Refugees -- Rebuilding and renaissance -- Remembering the victims and survivors -- Epilogue -- Chronology of the massacre. |
| Summary |
"A visual documentary account of the violence unleashed upon the Black citizens of Tulsa, Oklahoma, in 1921, using over one hundred color photos and oral history testimony"-- Provided by publisher. |
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"On the evening of May 31, 1921, and in the early morning hours of June 1, several thousand white citizens and authorities violently attacked the African American Greenwood District of Tulsa, Oklahoma. In the course of some twelve hours of mob violence, white Tulsans reduced one of the nation's most prosperous black communities to rubble and killed an estimated 300 people, mostly African Americans. This richly illustrated volume, featuring more than 175 photographs, along with oral testimonies, shines a new spotlight on the race massacre from the vantage point of its victims and survivors. Historian and Black Studies professor Karlos K. Hill presents a range of photographs taken before, during, and after the massacre, mostly by white photographers. Some of the images are published here for the first time. Comparing these photographs to those taken elsewhere in the United States of lynchings, the author makes a powerful case for terming the 1921 outbreak not a riot but a massacre. White civilians, in many cases assisted or condoned by local and state law enforcement, perpetuated a systematic and coordinated attack on Black Tulsans and their property. Despite all the violence and devastation, black Tulsans rebuilt the Greenwood District brick by brick. By the mid-twentieth century, Greenwood had reached a new zenith, with nearly 250 Black-owned and Black-operated businesses. Today the citizens of Greenwood, with support from the broader community, continue to work diligently to revive the neighborhood once known as "Black Wall Street." As a result, Hill asserts, the most important legacy of the Tulsa Race Massacre is the grit and resilience of the Black survivors of racist violence. The 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre: A Photographic History offers a perspective largely missing from other accounts. At once captivating and disturbing, it will embolden readers to confront the uncomfortable legacy of racial violence in U.S. history." -- Publisher's description |
| Subject |
Tulsa Race Massacre, Tulsa, Okla., 1921 -- Pictorial works.
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African Americans -- Violence against -- Oklahoma -- Tulsa -- History -- 20th century.
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Greenwood (Tulsa, Okla.) -- Race relations -- History -- 20th century.
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Tulsa (Okla.) -- Race relations -- History -- 20th century.
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African Americans -- Violence against.
(OCoLC)fst02025838
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Race relations. (OCoLC)fst01086509
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Oklahoma -- Tulsa.
(OCoLC)fst01205469
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Tulsa Race Massacre (Tulsa, Oklahoma : 1921) (OCoLC)fst02009167 |
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1900-1999
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| Genre/Form |
History. (OCoLC)fst01411628
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Photobooks. (OCoLC)fst01919950
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Pictorial works. (OCoLC)fst01423874
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Photobooks.
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| Added Author |
Matthews, Kevin, Senator, writer of foreword.
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| Added Title |
Nineteen twenty-one Tulsa race massacre |
| ISBN |
9780806168562 (hardcover) |
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0806168560 (hardcover) |
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