Spydus Search Results - Subject: Tulsa Race Massacre, Tulsa, Okla., 1921 (Keywords) https://camden.spydus.co.uk/cgi-bin/spydus.exe/ENQ/WPAC/BIBENQ?QRY=SU%3A%20(TULSA%20%2B%20RACE%20%2B%20MASSACRE%20%2B%20TULSA%20%2B%20OKLA%20%2B%201921)&QRYTEXT=Subject%3A%20Tulsa%20Race%20Massacre%2C%20Tulsa%2C%20Okla.%2C%201921%20(Keywords)&SETLVL=SET&CF=BIB&SORTS=DTE.DATE1.DESC&NRECS=20 Spydus Search Results en © 2022 Civica Pty Limited. All rights reserved. The ground breaking : the Tulsa Race Massacre and an American city's search for justice / Scott Ellsworth. https://camden.spydus.co.uk/cgi-bin/spydus.exe/ENQ/WPAC/BIBENQ?SETLVL=&BRN=5272515&CF=BIB A gripping exploration of the worst single incident of racial violence in American history, timed to coincide with its 100th anniversary. On 31 May 1921, in the city of Tulsa, Oklahoma, a mob of white men and women reduced a prosperous African American community, known as Black Wall Street, to rubble, leaving countless dead and unaccounted for, and thousands of homes and businesses destroyed. But along with the bodies, they buried the secrets of the crime. Scott Ellsworth, a native of Tulsa, became determined to unearth the secrets of his home town. Now, nearly 40 years after his first major historical account of the massacre, Ellsworth returns to the city in search of answers. Along with a prominent African American forensic archaeologist whose family survived the riots, Ellsworth has been tasked with locating and exhuming the mass graves and identifying the victims for the first time. A gripping exploration of the worst single incident of racial violence in American history, timed to coincide with its 100th anniversary. On 31 May 1921, in the city of Tulsa, Oklahoma, a mob of white men and women reduced a prosperous African American community, known as Black Wall Street, to rubble, leaving countless dead and unaccounted for, and thousands of homes and businesses destroyed. But along with the bodies, they buried the secrets of the crime. Scott Ellsworth, a native of Tulsa, became determined to unearth the secrets of his home town. Now, nearly 40 years after his first major historical account of the massacre, Ellsworth returns to the city in search of answers. Along with a prominent African American forensic archaeologist whose family survived the riots, Ellsworth has been tasked with locating and exhuming the mass graves and identifying the victims for the first time.<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Author: </span>Ellsworth, Scott (Historian)<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Published: </span>London : Icon Books, 2022.<br />304 pages : illustrations (black and white) ; 20 cm<br /><br />St Pancras Library - (Camden Libraries) - Adult Non Fiction - 305.800976686 - Available - 30111069569233<br />