![]() ![]() ![]() My heart was battered and bruised by the end, but even days after finishing this one I'm still haunted by these characters and the true events that inspired them. Prepare yourself though - this is not an easy read. Dreamland Burning is an important novel with many implications about race relations in modern society that I highly recommend. A thriving black community was left in ashes and rubbles after a white mob decided it was their right to treat the black citizens of Tulsa anyway they pleased. I knew life wasn't great for non-white citizens throughout the US during the Jim Crow era, but I had no idea things were as bad as they were in Tulsa. Out of all the racial conflict I have studied in college and as a US History teacher, I don't think of Oklahoma when I imagine the Jim Crow South. ![]() I was in shock when I began reading this to find out that there was a riot in Tulsa in 1921 that is considered to be one of the largest racially motivated events in US History. History is so massive that nobody can possibly know every detail, but I pride myself on being as educated as possible on major events. ![]()
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