Death in a Promised Land: The Tulsa Race Riot of 1921
by Scott Ellsworth
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Book Summary Information
Author: Scott EllsworthEdition: Paperback
Audio: English (Original Language); English (Unknown); English (Published)
Published: 1992-02
ISBN: 0807117676
Number of pages: 159
Publisher: Louisiana State University Press
Book Reviews of Death in a Promised Land: The Tulsa Race Riot of 1921
Book Review: Excellent Read. Truth Comes Out.
Summary: 5 Stars
It's hard to surprise me nowadays with issues like the Jena 6, Hurricane Katrina versus Fema, and the Schlumberger case going on, but I was caught offguard when I visited Chicago's DuSable Museum recently. I saw a video called "4 Little Girls" and heard something about Black Wall Street. I was confused about this location because I'd never heard it in my entire years of elementary and high school or in college. I started doing some research on it, such as reading this book, and once again, America shows its ugly past of racism, bigotry, and determination to make sure that Blacks could not succeed in America.
Ellsworth details the issues surrounding the bombing, burning, and looting of a small community of Blacks in Tulsa, Oklahoma called Black Wall Street. The Red Cross was around for the Jena 6 rally, so it was no shock to me that they were around to help Blacks of Tulsa when their homes were taken. Due to situations like Emmitt Till, it was easy for me to believe that the situation on the elevator with the white attendant happened, as well as the hangings that followed before and after.
This book was thought-provoking, educational, and I will pass the word along. The eeriest part of this whole read was the way the government handled Black Tulsans getting their homes, jobs, and businesses back sounds exactly like how the government is handling the incidents with Hurricane Katrina. In Tulsa, Blacks were pushed out of their community, imprisoned for supposedly obstructing justice, not given proper food/water/clothes/money and instead being treated like prisoners, and then forced into working from prison-like terms. When people were allowed back into their own community (even though their only "crime" was self-defense), they were made to live in tents. Now doesn't this sound a lot like those trailers that Hurricane Katrina victims are living in?
The more things change, the more they stay the same.
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