
Black Birds in the Sky
The Story and Legacy of the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre
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Brandy Colbert
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Kristyl Dawn Tift
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Brandy Colbert
A searing new work of nonfiction from award-winning author Brandy Colbert about the history and legacy of one of the most deadly and destructive acts of racial violence in American history: the Tulsa Race Massacre.
YALSA Honor Award for Excellence in Nonfiction
In the early morning of June 1, 1921, a White mob marched across the train tracks in Tulsa, Oklahoma, and into its predominantly Black Greenwood District - a thriving, affluent neighborhood known as America's Black Wall Street. They brought with them firearms, gasoline, and explosives.
In a few short hours, they'd razed 35 square blocks to the ground, leaving hundreds dead. The Tulsa Race Massacre is one of the most devastating acts of racial violence in US history. But how did it come to pass? What exactly happened? And why are the events unknown to so many of us today?
These are the questions that award-winning author Brandy Colbert seeks to answer in this unflinching nonfiction account of the Tulsa Race Massacre. In examining the tension that was brought to a boil by many factors - White resentment of Black economic and political advancement, the resurgence of white supremacist groups, the tone and perspective of the media, and more - a portrait is drawn of an event singular in its devastation, but not in its kind. It is part of a legacy of White violence that can be traced from our country's earliest days through Reconstruction, the civil rights movement in the mid-20th century, and the fight for justice and accountability Black Americans still face today.
The Tulsa Race Massacre has long failed to fit into the story Americans like to tell themselves about the history of their country. This book, ambitious and intimate in turn, explores the ways in which the story of the Tulsa Race Massacre is the story of America - and by showing us who we are, points to a way forward.
©2021 Brandy Colbert (P)2021 HarperCollins PublishersListeners also enjoyed...




















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It took courage and a controlled anger to write this book, I believe...it's what it took for me to read its entirety. It's what it takes to live black in America every day. I have to have more courage, managed emotions, forgiveness and love of God in me to live side-by-side with the descendants of murderers, thieves, rapists, etc who do not understand that their own mental illness stems from their lack of self worth masked as feigned superiority. It's heartbreaking to learn of this one town whose history is repeated across 50 states every day. Yet it is soothing to learn of my own resilience. And still I rise...
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It is so well written that it flows on and takes you along. The narrators voice is calm and easy to listen to.
I do love history and this is done in depth. Sometime it is confusing but not often. It was well worth my time and I am better informed having read it.
Truth can be hard to hear
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Historical Document Expands Beyond Tulsa
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Nonfiction Drama
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