The Burning

Massacre, Destruction, and the Tulsa Race Riot of 1921

De: Tim Madigan

Narrado por: Bill Andrew Quinn

Duración: 10 h y 5 m

Resumen del Editor

On the morning of June 1, 1921, a white mob numbering in the thousands marched across the railroad tracks dividing black from white in Tulsa, Oklahoma, and obliterated a black community then celebrated as one of America's most prosperous. Thirty-four square blocks of Tulsa's Greenwood community were reduced to smoldering rubble.

And now, 80 years later, the death toll of what is known as the Tulsa Race Riot is more difficult to pinpoint. Conservative estimates put the number of dead at about 100 (75 percent of the victims are believed to have been black), but the actual number of casualties could be triple that. The Tulsa Race Riot Commission, formed two years ago to determine exactly what happened, has recommended that restitution to the historic Greenwood Community would be good public policy and do much to repair the emotional as well as physical scars of this most terrible incident in our shared past.

With chilling details, humanity, and the narrative thrust of compelling fiction, The Burning will recreate the town of Greenwood at the height of its prosperity, explore the currents of hatred, racism, and mistrust between its black residents and neighboring Tulsa's white population, narrate events leading up to and including Greenwood's annihilation, and document the subsequent silence that surrounded the tragedy.

©2001 Tim Madigan (P)2020 Tantor

The back story on what was happening in those days

I like the story and I wish the speaker was more fluent and involved in the story

Eye opening

The burning revealed multiple details about the Tulsa massacre that I had never been aware of until now.

Good history eye opening

Very hard to believe this is so widely kept secret. Sad. But important part of history

Good book

A book about a terrible tragedy that was almost lost to history. A book that everyone should have to read.

Missing in History

I had no idea about the event. This should be taught in schools and studied. This is still being seen around our country.

A near-flawless story of a national tragedy

Simply one of the best historical works I’ve listened to over the last decade. This is a story everyone needs to hear and be educated on.

Changed my Understanding of History

Wow! A tragic, heart wrenching story, brilliantly told, meticulously researched. History at its best! As a German without any history or understanding of the African-American experience I am in shock and awe!

Hard to hear

The stories and events are awful but need to be heard. I found the reader easy to listen to and the book was eye opening

Powerful Book

I’m glad I came across this great, it’s a wonderful account of black history and American history.

So informative!

This is a must read about such an important time in our state and national history.