{"product_id":"across-the-tracks-alverne-ball-9781419755170","title":"Across the Tracks: Remembering Greenwood, Black Wall Street, and the Tulsa Race Massacre","description":"\u003cb\u003eIn the graphic novel history \u003ci\u003eAcross the Tracks: Remembering Greenwood, Black Wall Street, and the Tulsa Race Massacre, \u003c\/i\u003eauthor Alverne Ball and illustrator Stacey Robinson have crafted a love letter to Greenwood, Oklahoma--also known as Black Wall Street--a community whose importance is often overshadowed by the atrocious slaughter that took place there in 1921.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eAcross the Tracks \u003c\/i\u003eintroduces the reader to the businesses and townsfolk who flourished in this unprecedented time of prosperity for Black Americans. We learn about Greenwood and why it is essential to remember the great achievements of the community as well as the tragedy which nearly erased it. However, Ball is careful to recount the eventual recovery of Greenwood. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e With additional supplementary materials including a detailed preface, timeline, and historical essay, \u003ci\u003eAcross the Tracks \u003c\/i\u003eoffers a thorough examination of the rise, fall, and rebirth of Black Wall Street. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"\u003ci\u003eAcross the Tracks\u003c\/i\u003e not only personalizes and therefore heightens the tragedy we know will come, but it also reframes that tragedy. Black perseverance and joy take center stage in a way it seldom does when discussing Greenwood.\" --\u003ci\u003eThe Beat\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Alverne Ball\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 141975517X\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781419755170\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Harry N. Abrams\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 05\/04\/2021\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 64\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.70lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.30h x 6.20w x 0.50d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eBooklist\u003c\/i\u003e 04\/15\/2021 pg. 35\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e 04\/26\/2021\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eSchool Library Journal\u003c\/i\u003e 09\/03\/2021 pg. 1","brand":"Alverne Ball","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":44053198635263,"sku":"9781419755170","price":15.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_575e2dea-b0b2-43b3-8aa9-9b75e3b0a776.jpg?v=1685022985","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/across-the-tracks-alverne-ball-9781419755170","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}