Publisher | Oxford University Press |
ISBN 13 | 9780195161038 |
ISBN 10 | 0195161033 |
Author | Professor of Law Alfred L Brophy |
Language | English |
Book Description | The 1921 Tulsa Race Riot was the country's bloodiest civil disturbance of the century. Thirty city blocks were burned to the ground, perhaps 150 died, and the prosperous black community of Greenwood, Oklahoma, was turned to rubble. Brophy draws o |
About the Author | Alfred L. Brophy is Professor of Law at the University of Alabama, in Tuscaloosa. An authority on the 1921 riot, he contributed to the report to the Tulsa Race Riot Commission, a body created by the Oklahoma Legislature to investigate the riot and make recommendations for reparations. Read more |
Publication Date | 2003-04-10 |
Number of Pages | 208 pages |
Reconstructing the Dreamland: The Tulsa Riot of 1921: Race, Reparations, and Reconciliation