Black birds in the sky
(Playaway Audiobook)

Issued on Playaway.

Release date supplied by publisher.

One set of earphones and one AAA battery required for playback.

Originally published by Harper Collins Publishers ℗2021

Read by Brandy Colbert and Kristyl Dawn Tift.

"In the early morning of June 1, 1921, an armed white mob marched across the train tracks in Tulsa, Oklahoma, and into its predominantly Black Greenwood District--a thriving, affluent neighborhood known as America's Black Wall Street. In a few short hours, they'd razed thirty-five square blocks to the ground, leaving hundreds dead. The Tulsa Race Massacre is one of the most devastating acts of racial violence in US history. But how did it come to pass? And why are the events unknown to so many of us today? It is these questions that award-winning author Brandy Colbert seeks to answer in this ... nonfiction account of the Tulsa Race Massacre. Through this examination, a portrait is drawn of an event singular in its devastation but not in its kind. It is part of a legacy of white violence that can be traced from our country's earliest days through the Reconstruction era, the civil rights movement in the mid-twentieth century, and the fight for justice and accountability Black Americans still face today. The Tulsa Race Massacre has long failed to fit into the story Americans like to tell themselves about the history of their country. This book, in turn ambitious and intimate, explores the ways in which the story of the Tulsa Race Massacre is the story of America--and, by showing us who we are, points to a way forward."--,Provided by publisher.