Built from the fire: the epic story of Tulsa's Greenwood district, America's Black Wall Street : one hundred years in the neighborhood that refused to be erased
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"When Ed Goodwin moved with his parents to Greenwood, Tulsa, his family joined a growing community on the cusp of becoming the center of Black life in the West. But, just a few years later, on May 31, 1921, the teenaged Ed hid in a bathtub as a white mobdescended on his neighborhood. They laid waste to 35 blocks and murdering as many as 300 people. The Tulsa Race Massacre was one of the worst acts of racist violence in United States history. The Goodwins and many of their neighbors soon rebuilt the district into "a Mecca," in Ed's words, where nightlife thrived, small businesses flourished, and an underworld economy lived comfortably alongside public storefronts. Ed grew into a prominent businessman and bought a community newspaper called the Oklahoma Eagle to chronicle its resurgence and battles against white bigotry. He and his genteel wife, Jeanne, raised an ambitious family, who became literal poster-children for black progress, and their son Jim, an attorney, embodied their hopes for the Civil Rights Movement. But, by the 1970s urban renewal policies had nearly emptied the neighborhood, even as Jim and his neighbors tried to hold onto pieces of Greenwood. Today, the newspaper remains, and Ed's granddaughter Regina represents the neighborhood in theOklahoma state legislature, working alongside a new generation of local activists"--
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African Americans -- Oklahoma -- Tulsa -- Social conditions.
Goodwin family.
Greenwood (Tulsa, Okla.) -- Biography.
Greenwood (Tulsa, Okla.) -- Race relations -- History.
Tulsa (Okla.) -- Biography.
Tulsa (Okla.) -- Race relations -- History.
Tulsa Race Massacre, Tulsa, Okla., 1921.
Urban renewal -- Oklahoma -- Tulsa -- History.
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Luckerson, V. (2023). Built from the fire: the epic story of Tulsa's Greenwood district, America's Black Wall Street : one hundred years in the neighborhood that refused to be erased. First edition. New York, Random House.
Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation (style guide)Luckerson, Victor. 2023. Built From the Fire: The Epic Story of Tulsa's Greenwood District, America's Black Wall Street : One Hundred Years in the Neighborhood That Refused to Be Erased. New York, Random House.
Chicago / Turabian - Humanities Citation (style guide)Luckerson, Victor, Built From the Fire: The Epic Story of Tulsa's Greenwood District, America's Black Wall Street : One Hundred Years in the Neighborhood That Refused to Be Erased. New York, Random House, 2023.
MLA Citation (style guide)Luckerson, Victor. Built From the Fire: The Epic Story of Tulsa's Greenwood District, America's Black Wall Street : One Hundred Years in the Neighborhood That Refused to Be Erased. First edition. New York, Random House, 2023.
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