The Burning
Subtitle: Massacre, Destruction, and the Tulsa Race Riot of 1921
Publisher: St. Martin's Griffin
Published: February 1, 2003
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 336
ISBN-13: 9780312302474
Subjects: Ethnic Studies - African American Studies - General; United States - 20th Century; Social Science / African-American Studies; History; History - U.S.; 20th century; African American neighborhoods; African Americans; Oklahoma; Riots; Tulsa; History: American
First sentence: On a warm May night in 1913, in the shadowy lamplight of Green-wood's First Baptist Church, Mrs. Lucy Davis read the audience a short essay on love, and the Rollison sisters nervously stepped to the altar to sing a lovely duet.