{"product_id":"requiem-for-the-massacre-rj-young-9781640096165","title":"Requiem for the Massacre: A Black History on the Conflict, Hope, and Fallout of the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre","description":"\u003cb\u003eNAACP Image Award Nominee for Outstanding Literary Work - Non-Fiction \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e A \u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e Best Book of The Year \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e With journalistic skill, heart, and hope, \u003ci\u003eRequiem for the Massacre\u003c\/i\u003e reckons with the tension in Tulsa, Oklahoma, one hundred years after the most infamous act of racial violence in American history \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eMore than one hundred years ago, the city of Tulsa, Oklahoma, perpetrated a massacre against its Black residents. For generations, the true story was ignored, covered up, and diminished by those in power and in a position to preserve the status quo. Blending memoir and immersive journalism, RJ Young shows how, today, Tulsa combats its racist past while remaining all too tolerant of racial injustice. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eRequiem for the Massacre\u003c\/i\u003e is a cultural excavation of Tulsa one hundred years after one of the worst acts of domestic terrorism in U.S. history. Young focuses on unearthing the narrative surrounding previously all-Black Greenwood district while challenging an apocryphal narrative that includes so-called Black Wall Street, Booker T. Washington, and Black exceptionalism. Young provides a firsthand account of the centennial events commemorating Tulsa's darkest day as the city attempts to reckon with its self-image, commercialization of its atrocity, and the aftermath of the massacre that shows how things have changed and how they have stayed woefully the same. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAs Tulsa and the United States head into the next one hundred years, Young's own reflections thread together the stories of a community and a nation trying to heal and trying to hope.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Rj Young\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1640096167\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781640096165\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Counterpoint LLC\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 11\/14\/2023\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 336\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.00lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.20h x 5.40w x 0.80d","brand":"Rj Young","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44128934428927,"sku":"9781640096165","price":18.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_65249d63-13c0-4815-9637-f199c7eee6a8.jpg?v=1687461202","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/requiem-for-the-massacre-rj-young-9781640096165","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}