The Burning
Subtitle: Massacre, Destruction, and the Tulsa Race Riot of 1921
Edition: 1st edition
Publisher: Thomas Dunne Books
Published: November 2, 2001
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 304
ISBN-13: 9780312272838
Subjects: Race And Ethnic Relations; U.S. History - 1920s; History; History - U.S.; History: American; Ethnic Studies - African American Studies - Histor; Minority Studies - Race Relations; United States - State & Local - General; Social Science / African-American Studies; Ethnic Studies - African American Studies - General; United States - 20th Century; 20th century; African American neighborhoods; African Americans; Oklahoma; Riots; Tulsa
First sentence: On a warm May night in 1913, in the shadowy lamplight of Greenwood'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.