Download or read book Built from the Fire written by Victor Luckerson and published by Random House Trade Paperbacks. This book was released on 2024-06-04 with total page 689 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A multigenerational saga of a family and a community in Tulsa’s Greenwood district, known as “Black Wall Street,” that in one century survived the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre, urban renewal, and gentrification “Ambitious . . . absorbing . . . By the end of Luckerson’s outstanding book, the idea of building something new from the ashes of what has been destroyed becomes comprehensible, even hopeful.”—Marcia Chatelain, The New York Times WINNER OF THE SABEW BEST IN BUSINESS BOOK AWARD • A NEW YORK TIMES BOOK REVIEW AND WASHINGTON POST BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR When Ed Goodwin moved with his parents to the Greenwood neighborhood in Tulsa, Oklahoma, his family joined a community soon to become the center of black life in the West. But just a few years later, on May 31, 1921, the teenaged Ed hid in a bathtub as a white mob descended on his neighborhood, laying waste to thirty-five blocks and murdering as many as three hundred people in one of the worst acts of racist violence in U.S. history. The Goodwins and their neighbors soon rebuilt the district into “a Mecca,” in Ed’s words, where nightlife thrived and small businesses flourished. Ed bought a newspaper to chronicle Greenwood’s resurgence and battles against white bigotry, and his son Jim, an attorney, embodied the family’s hopes for the civil rights movement. But by the 1970s urban renewal policies had nearly emptied the neighborhood. Today the newspaper remains, and Ed’s granddaughter Regina represents the neighborhood in the Oklahoma state legislature, working alongside a new generation of local activists to revive it once again. In Built from the Fire, journalist Victor Luckerson tells the true story behind a potent national symbol of success and solidarity and weaves an epic tale about a neighborhood that refused, more than once, to be erased.

Download or read book Walton County written by Lynn Robinson Camp and published by Arcadia Publishing. This book was released on 2012-09-18 with total page 132 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Situated between Atlanta and Athens, Walton County has always been a stronghold of the cotton industry. While some of the largest cotton crops in the world have emerged from its fertile fields, a strong community and storied history have come to define the county. Recognized as the site of America's last mass-lynching at Moore's Ford in 1946, Walton County has been a focal point of national attention, sparking changes that have contributed to the nation's Civil Rights movement.But it is not only this tragedy that has given Walton County a sense of identity. Indeed, other lesser-known events and accomplishments have contributed to its history. Whether boasting Atlanta's first black millionaire, a member of the U.S. Olympic basketball team, or a high school state football championship, Walton County has thrived both in and out of the national spotlight.

Download or read book The Baptist Home Mission Monthly written by and published by . This book was released on 1901 with total page 750 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Historically Black written by Mieka Brand Polanco and published by NYU Press. This book was released on 2014 with total page 193 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In Historically Black, Mieka Brand Polanco examines the concept of community in the United States: how communities are experienced and understood, the complex relationship between human beings and their social and physical landscapesOCoand how the term community is sometimes conjured to feign a cohesiveness that may not actually exist. Drawing on ethnographic and historical materials from Union, Virginia, Historically Black offers a nuanced and sensitive portrait of a federally recognized Historic District under the category Ethnic HeritageOCoBlack.. Since Union has been home to a racially mixed population since at least the late 19th century, calling it historically black poses some curious existential questions to the black residents who currently live there. UnionOCOs identity as a historically black community encourages a perception of the town as a monochromatic and monohistoric landscape, effectively erasing both old-timer white residents and newcomer black residents while allowing newer white residents to take on a proud role as preservers of history. Gestures to community gloss an oversimplified perspective of race, history and space that conceals much of the richness (and contention) of lived reality in Union, as well as in the larger United States. They allow Americans to avoid important conversations about the complex and unfolding nature by which groups of people and social/physical landscapes are conceptualized as a single unified whole. This multi-layered, multi-textured ethnography explores a key concept, inviting public conversation about the dynamic ways in which race, space, and history inform our experiences and understanding of community."

Download or read book At the General Assembly of the State of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations Begun and Holden at Within and for the Said State on in the Year of Our Lord written by and published by . This book was released on 1897 with total page 1020 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book At the General Assembly of the State of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations Begun and Holden at Providence Within and for the Said State written by Rhode Island and published by . This book was released on 1897 with total page 316 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book At the General Assembly of the State of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations Begun and Holden at Providence Within and for the Said State acts and Resolves written by Rhode Island and published by . This book was released on 1897 with total page 138 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book The Providence Plantations for Two Hundred and Fifty Years written by Welcome Arnold Greene and published by . This book was released on 1886 with total page 478 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book The Masonic Trowel written by and published by . This book was released on 1867 with total page 828 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Minutes of the General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church in the United States of America written by Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. (Old School). General Assembly and published by . This book was released on 1838 with total page 582 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Minutes United Presbyterian Church in the U S A written by United Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. General Assembly and published by . This book was released on 1838 with total page 586 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Vol. for 1958 includes also the Minutes of the final General Assembly of the United Presbyterian Church of North America and the minutes of the final General Assembly of the Presbyteruan Church in the U.S.A.

Download or read book Historic Gainesville Hall County written by Hall County Historical Society, Inc. (Hall County, Ga.) and published by HPN Books. This book was released on 2001 with total page 145 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Minutes of the General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church in the United States of America written by Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. General Assembly and published by . This book was released on 1838 with total page 590 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Minutes of the General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church in the United States of America with an Appendix written by Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. General Assembly and published by . This book was released on 1836 with total page 974 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Genealogy Of The Lewis Family In America From The Middle of The Seventeeth Century Down To The Present Time written by William Terrell Lewis and published by Read Books Ltd. This book was released on 2016-09-06 with total page 463 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Many of the earliest books, particularly those dating back to the 1900s and before, are now extremely scarce and increasingly expensive. We are republishing these classic works in affordable, high quality, modern editions, using the original text and artwork.

Download or read book Genealogy of the Lewis Family in America written by William Terrell Lewis and published by . This book was released on 1893 with total page 472 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Chiefly a record of some of the descendants of John Lewis. He was born in Donegal County, Ireland 1678 to Andrew Lewis and Mary Calhoun. He married Margaret Lynn. He died in Virginia 1 Feb 1762. They were the parents of seven children.

Download or read book Newspaper Clippings from the Colbert County Alabama Leighton News 1894 1903 written by Robin Sterling and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on 2017-03-22 with total page 408 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "The Leighton News was first established by Fred W. McCormack in 1890 as a small 5x8 sheet. It soon expanded to a traditional size but later suspended publication because the profit margin was too slim. No issues from that time were available for review. After a while, McCormack kept a promise to the people of Leighton and renewed publication of the News in 1894. Each issue was examined column by column with a view for capturing items of a genealogical interest such as reports of births, marriages, deaths, and obituaries. In addition, other clippings were transcribed having to do with the history of Colbert and Lawrence County, as well as the rest of the surrounding Tennessee Valley area."--Publisher's description