Author: James S. Hirsch
Publisher: Mariner Book
Keywords: riot, legacy, race, america, remembrance, worst
Number of Pages: 368
Published: 2003-06-06
List price: $15.95
ISBN-10: 0618340769
ISBN-13: 9780618340767
Before Rodney King, before the riots in Cincinnati, before Newark and Detroit and Watts, there was the Tulsa race war. On May 30, 1921, a misunderstanding between a white elevator operator and a black delivery boy escalated into the worst race riot in U.S. history. In this compelling and deeply human account, James Hirsch investigates how it erupted, how it was covered up, and how the survivors and their descendants are fighting for belated justice. "Superbly researched and engagingly written" (Fort Worth Morning Star), Riot and Remembrance powerfully chronicles one community’s effort to
Author: Turner
Publisher: Gazelle Distribution
Keywords: riot
Number of Pages: 224
Published: 1992-11-01
List price: unknow
ISBN-10: 1871236177
ISBN-13: 9781871236170
Author: David Van Ette
Publisher: Knopf Books for Young Reader
Keywords: riot, carpet, red, story
Number of Pages: 304
Published: 2009-06-09
List price: $15.99
ISBN-10: 0375846808
ISBN-13: 9780375846809
Its award nightwill Mallory make it down the red carpet?When we last left Mallory, her first show had just aired to rave ratings; her conniving mother was engaged to her dreaded producer boyfriend, Richard; she wasnt sure if her boyfriend, Keith, would stick by her; and the school secretary had some unwelcome news about her student status. Now, just when her show gets a Daytime Emmy nomination, shes got to fend off sneaky saboteurs, decide between Keith and Dallas, her shows hunky star, break off her mothers engagement, and pass gym class!Hang on for a wild ride that takes us to the end
Author: Larry Stevens
Publisher: Stevens & Shea
Keywords: riot, suit, zoot
Published: 1990
List price: unknow
ISBN-10: 0895503069
ISBN-13: 9780895503060
Author: Nadine Monem
Publisher: Black Dog Publishing
Keywords: style, girl, revolution, grrrl, riot
Number of Pages: 189
Published: 2007-11-20
List price: $29.95
ISBN-10: 1906155011
ISBN-13: 9781906155018
Riot Grrrl is a vivid documentation of the fierce music, renegade art and independent literature that emerged from suburban America in the late 1980s and became a global phenomenon. With the rallying cry "REVOLUTION GIRL STYLE NOW!" this community of musicians, artists and activists inspired young women across the world to pick up guitars and rewrite rock history, changing the face of feminism and underground culture forever. From guerrilla girls to punk princesses, contributors include a diverse array of musicians, artists, fanzine writers and activists. Told from the perspective of those dir
Author: Tim Madiga
Publisher: Thomas Dunne Book
Keywords: race, riot, tulsa, destruction, massacre, burning
Number of Pages: 304
Published: 2001-11-02
List price: $24.95
ISBN-10: 0312272839
ISBN-13: 9780312272838
On the morning of June 1, 1921, a white mob numbering in the thousands marched across the railroad tracks dividing black from white in Tulsa, Oklahoma, and obliterated a black community then celebrated as one of America’s most prosperous.34 square blocks of Tulsa’s Greenwood community, known then as the Negro Wall Street of America, were reduced to smoldering rubble.And now, 80 years later, the death toll of what is known as the Tulsa Race Riot is more difficult to pinpoint.Conservative estimates put the number of dead at about 100 (75% of the victims are believed to have been blac
Author: Cherie Turner
Publisher: Rosen Publishing Grou
Keywords: need, new, generation, library, feminism, movement, riot, grrrl, everything
Number of Pages: 64
Published: 2001-08-01
List price: $29.25
ISBN-10: 0823934004
ISBN-13: 9780823934003
