The Tulsa Race Riot of 1921: A Story of Massacre and Destruction

Adrian G.: Thank you for sharing some of the historic moments in US history.
Books like this should be mandatory in schools.

United States on Dec 15, 2023

B. Wildered: Written beautifully but not a beautiful story. This is ugly, disgusting & sick. But for me being a 63 year old white male in the America we have at this point or any point for that matter, it is an important read and insightful. I was never taught anything regarding Black History, or the Native Americans, Chinese Immigrants during the construction of our railroads, etc.. We certainly are not the "Liberty and Justice for All" country we believe we are. I have become fascinated and intrigued with other peoples history, particularly Black History at this time. The more I read, the less I want to, if that makes since. But my eyes and ears must persevere. For those of you who want to know more of our TRUE history, purchase this, read this! Unless you are of the type that want to erase the history you do not like! You can ban books, you can White Wash history (No pun intended), but history will not disappear. It is in our heads, we did it, some good and a lot bad. All I can say is READ THIS!

United States on Sep 08, 2023

Grace O'Malley: This book was first published in 2013 and in the years since, its value has only increased, The Afterword in this new edition ties the events of 1921 with today's racial struggles. It tell the story of the attack by white Tulsans on the Black residents of their segregated city on June 1, 19211. The Black sector was referred to as the Black Wall Street due to its prosperity and was known locally as Greenwood. It was populated by hundreds of middle class Black citizens who had built a thriving business center with a theater, banks, markets and shops of all sorts, churches, and schools. This thirty-five square block town provided livings for its African-American residents and some crossed the racial line and worked in white Tulsa. It is not known for sure what sparked the disaster but many white Tulsans thought a black teenager who was in an elevator with a young white woman made advances or touched her. This and other rumors spread like wildfire and overnight on June 1, 1921, war broke out, largely incited by the KKK. White Tulsans invaded Greenwood, randomly shot and beat Black citizens, and burned the businesses and homes of the residents. The number murdered is not known exactly...

United States on May 13, 2021

James Lee: told in a flat style which leads to drawing your own embarrassing conclusions. I studied Black History in college and had never heard of this. No apology can be enough after this read.

Canada on May 02, 2021

Mr. G. Horsewood: An excellent book to alert people to the injustice that has been overlooked for too long

United Kingdom on Nov 11, 2019

Robert B. Lamm: I used to think of myself as being knowledgable about the Black experience in America. However, a few months ago I was asked about "Black Wall Street" and realized that while I'd heard the term I wasn't really sure what it was. "The Burning" solved that problem -- it's the term used to describe a race riot that took place in Tulsa in 1921, but "race riot" is putting it mildly. It was a massacre in which the part of the city populated by Blacks -- many of whom had achieved high levels of prosperity and even wealth -- was destroyed, looted, and burned to the ground, and where those who didn't flee were massacred. The death toll is still unknown but is likely to be in the hundreds if not more.

The events resulted from a bogus claim by a white woman that a black male had assaulted her in an elevator. The truth appears to be that he tripped and fell on her, but no one -- least of all the yellow journalist who ran one of the city's newspapers -- was interested in the truth. Even an allegation of improper touching of a white woman by a black male became sufficient grounds for a lynching, and when the Black community pushed back the white community attacked.

It is an awful...

United States on Aug 26, 2017