Riot and Remembrance: The Tulsa Race War and Its Legacy

James S. Hirsch

Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2002 - History - 358 pages

With a new preface, a "profound, chilling, and heartbreaking, contribution to American history" that investigates the causes of the twentieth century's deadliest race riot and how its legacy has scarred and shaped a community (Boston Globe).



On May 30, 1921, a misunderstanding between a white elevator operator and a Black delivery boy escalated into the worse race riot in U.S. history. In this compelling and deeply human account, James Hirsch investigates how the Tulsa riot erupted, how it was covered up, and how the survivors and their descendants fought for belated justice.



"Superbly researched and engagingly written" (Fort Worth Morning Star), Riot and Remembrance powerfully chronicles one community's effort to overcome a horrific legacy, revealing how the segregation of history and memory affects all Americans a hundred years later.

"The best book yet on the Tulsa riots, and one that should be required reading."--Seattle Times

Contents

• The SelfMade Oil Capital: 11
• The Promised Land: 28
• Race Rape and the Rope: 51
• Mob Justice: 61
• II The Riot: 75
• When Hell Broke Loose: 77
• The Invasion: 99
• III The Legacy: 115
• Blame and Betrayal: 117
• Rising from the Ashes: 142
• The Rise of the Secret Order: 162
• A Culture of Silence: 168
• Money Negro: 186
• It Happened in Tulsa: 199
• Bridging the Racial Divide: 206
• A Commemoration: 216
• The Last Man Vindicated: 229
• The Disappeared of Tulsa: 237
• The Age of Reparations: 256
• The Last Pioneer: 275
• The Survivors: 288
• Riot and Remembrance: 303
• Sources: 333
• Acknowledgments: 340
• Index: 344

About the author

JAMES S. HIRSCH is a former reporter for The New York Times and The Wall Street Journal, and he is author of ten books, including biographies of Willie Mays and Rubin Hurricane" Carter. "

Bibliographic information

• Title: Riot and Remembrance: The Tulsa Race War and Its Legacy
• Author: James S. Hirsch
• Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2002
• ISBN: 0618340769, 9780618340767
• Length: 358 pages
• Subjects: History / African American & Black; History / Americas (North, Central, South, West Indies); History / United States / 20th Century; History / United States / General; History / United States / State & Local / General; History / United States / State & Local / Southwest (AZ, NM, OK, TX); Political Science / Civil Rights; Social Science / Race & Ethnic Relations