The Burning
Tim Madigan
This definitive work of American history skillfully places the Tulsa Massacre in a broader historical context, revealing the systemic racism at the root of our problems today. The Burning recreates the town of Greenwood at the height of its prosperity, explores the currents of hatred, racism, and mistrust, and documents the subsequent silence that surrounded the devastation. An essential read as America reckons with its racial past.
Publish Date
2001-01-01T00:00:00.000Z
2001-01-01T00:00:00.000Z
Goodreads Rating
4.42
ISBN
9781250800725
Recommendations
1
Recommendations
2021-07-27T19:53:23.000Z
This book is essential reading for anyone trying to understand race relationships in the USA. Tim Madigan tells the story of the Massacre in Tulsa in 1921. This book gives a graphic context to the killing decades later of George Floyd and other African Americans. – source