{"product_id":"built-from-the-fire-the-epic-story-of-tulsas-greenwood-district-americas-black-wall-street","title":"Built from the Fire: The Epic Story of Tulsa's Greenwood District, America's Black Wall Street","description":"\u003cdiv data-a-expander-name=\"book_description_expander\" data-a-expander-collapsed-height=\"280\" class=\"a-expander-collapsed-height a-row a-expander-container a-spacing-base a-expander-partial-collapse-container\" style=\"max-height: none; height: 280px;\"\u003e \u003cdiv data-expanded=\"false\" class=\"a-expander-content a-expander-partial-collapse-content\" style=\"padding-bottom: 20px;\"\u003e \u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eA multigenerational saga of a family and a community in Tulsa‚Äôs Greenwood district, known as ‚ÄúBlack Wall Street,‚Äù that in one century survived the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre, urban renewal, and gentrification\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003e‚ÄúAmbitious . . . absorbing . . . By the end of Luckerson‚Äôs outstanding book, the idea of building something new from the ashes of what has been destroyed becomes comprehensible, even hopeful.‚Äù‚ÄîMarcia Chatelain, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold a-text-italic\"\u003eThe New York Times\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eWINNER: \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eThe Dayton Literary Peace Prize; The MAAH Stone Book Award; \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eThe SABEW Best in Business Book Award; The Lillian Smith Book Award; The Oklahoma Historical Society‚Äôs E. E. Dale Award\u003cbr\u003eFINALIST: The Hurston\/Wright Legacy Award\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold a-text-italic\"\u003eNEW YORK TIMES BOOK REVIEW \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eAND \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold a-text-italic\"\u003eWASHINGTON POST \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eBEST BOOK OF THE YEAR\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWhen Ed Goodwin moved with his parents to the Greenwood neighborhood in Tulsa, Oklahoma, his family joined a community soon to become the center of black life in the West. But just a few years later, on May 31, 1921, the teenaged Ed hid in a bathtub as a white mob descended on his neighborhood, laying waste to thirty-five blocks and murdering as many as three hundred people in one of the worst acts of racist violence in U.S. history.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe Goodwins and their neighbors soon rebuilt the district into ‚Äúa Mecca,‚Äù in Ed‚Äôs words, where nightlife thrived and small businesses flourished. Ed bought a newspaper to chronicle Greenwood‚Äôs resurgence and battles against white bigotry, and his son Jim, an attorney, embodied the family‚Äôs hopes for the civil rights movement. But by the 1970s urban renewal policies had nearly emptied the neighborhood. Today the newspaper remains, and Ed‚Äôs granddaughter Regina represents the neighborhood in the Oklahoma state legislature, working alongside a new generation of local activists to revive it once again. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eBuilt from the Fire,\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e journalist Victor Luckerson tells the true story behind a potent national symbol of success and solidarity and weaves an epic tale about a neighborhood that refused, more than once, to be erased.\u003c\/span\u003e  \u003c\/div\u003e \u003cdiv class=\"a-expander-header a-expander-partial-collapse-header\" style=\"opacity: 1; display: block;\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"a-expander-content-fade\"\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003ca href=\"javascript:void(0)\" role=\"button\" data-action=\"a-expander-toggle\" class=\"a-declarative\" data-a-expander-toggle='{\"allowLinkDefault\":true, \"expand_prompt\":\"Read more\", \"collapse_prompt\":\"Read less\"}'\u003e\u003ci class=\"a-icon a-icon-extender-expand\"\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-expander-prompt\"\u003eRead more\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e \u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Random House Trade","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50548239663389,"sku":"9780593134399","price":18.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0901\/5692\/5213\/files\/9780593134399.jpg?v=1761676607","url":"https:\/\/bookdelico.com\/products\/built-from-the-fire-the-epic-story-of-tulsas-greenwood-district-americas-black-wall-street","provider":"Book Delico ","version":"1.0","type":"link"}