Reconstructing the Dreamland: The Tulsa Riot of 1921: Race, Reparations, and Reconciliation

by Alfred L. Brophy

Book Overview

The 1921 Tulsa Race Riot was the country's bloodiest civil disturbance of the century. Thirty city blocks were burned to the ground, perhaps 150 died, and the prosperous black community of Greenwood, Oklahoma, was turned to rubble.

Brophy draws on his own extensive research into contemporary accounts and court documents to chronicle this devastating riot, showing how and why the rule of law quickly eroded. Brophy shines his lights on mob violence...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0195161033
• ISBN13: 9780195161038
• Release Date: April 2003
• Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
• Length: 208 Pages
• Weight: 1.98 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.1" x 9.4"