• Black History is Also Burning Greenwood

  • The Battle for Oklahoma and the End of the Red Summer
  • By: Aaron Brachfeld
  • Narrated by: Virtual Voice
  • Length: 2 hrs and 25 mins

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Black History is Also Burning Greenwood

By: Aaron Brachfeld
Narrated by: Virtual Voice
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Black Wall Street: its prosperity, power and wealth had been a bright beacon to the African American community during the race riots of the Red Summer - but its light never burned brighter than the night it was systematically burned and bombed to the ground.

This is the story of the Black community of Greenwood, Oklahoma, and the war it was fated to fight when, outnumbered 200 to 1, even against aerial bombardment, they stood with their allies in Tulsa to bravely fight back - buying necessary time for a daring evacuation of their community’s most vulnerable members.

An Old West Sheriff with a pearl handled pistol and an undercover double agent spy, union leaders and strikebreakers, battle hardened World War veterans and scheming politicians, two daring jail breaks using bedsheets, internment camps and mass graves… and the pickles of a brave Jewish grocer - this story from long ago is one which has become increasingly relevant to know.

Table of Contents

the Red Summer

The Great Migration

How and Why Antiracism became Associated with Communism: a Brief History of Racist Law

Black Communities Successfully Defending Themselves

The Messenger: Asa Phillip Randolph

The Red Summer…and Autumn

The Investigations of Mr. White

Burning Greenwood

Tulsa

Greenwood

Sparks

Adding Fuel

Fanning the Flames

Mr. Rowland’s Secret Escape

War

Chaos: When Hell Broke Loose

Fronts Established

Rescue Efforts

Firefight

The Assault of Greenwood

Burning Greenwood

Mass Arrests and Looting

Aerial Assault and Machine Guns

Martial Law

Internment Camps

Unmarked Mass Graves and Coverup

Refugees Denied Medical Aid, Relief, Civil and Human Rights

War Crimes

Rising from the Ashes

Rebuilding

Reparationsons

Afterword

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  • Categories: History
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