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Alfred L. Brophy

Reconstructing the Dreamland

The Tulsa Riot of 1921: Race, Reparations, and Reconciliation

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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 and racism run amok, both on the night of the riot and the following morning. Equally important, he shows how the city government and police not only permitted looting, shootings, and the burning of G… Mehr

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  • ISBN: 978-0-19-803649-4
  • EAN: 9780198036494
  • Produktnummer: 13950900
  • Verlag: Oxford University Press
  • Sprache: Englisch
  • Erscheinungsjahr: 2003
  • Seitenangabe: 208 S.
  • Plattform: PDF
  • Masse: 0 KB

Über den Autor


Alfred L. Brophy is Reef C. Ivey II Professor Law at the University of North Carolina. He is the author of Reparations: Pro and Con and Book Reviews Editor of Law and History Review. He contributed to the report to the Tulsa Race Riot Commission, a body created by the Oklahoma Legislature to investigate the riot and make recommendations for reparations. Brophy has appeared on CNN's News Night with Aaron Brown, NBC Nightly News, NPR's Fresh Air, the Tavis Smiley Show, and Talk of the Nation, and has been quoted in such newspapers as the Chicago Tribune, Los Angeles Times, New York Times, and Washington Post.

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