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Race and injustice in 1920s Oklahoma.

This book is a powerful dive into the history of racial tension in Oklahoma, with a richly developed plot and characters that stay with you long after the last page has turned. Perfect for anyone interested in American history and social justice.

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ISBN: 9780060929077
Publisher: Harper Perennial
Date of Publication: 1998-06-23
Format: Paperback
Related Collections: Historical Fiction
Goodreads rating: 4.08
(rated by 382 readers)

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Tulsa, Oklahoma, 1921. A white woman and a black man are alone in an elevator. Suddenly, the woman screams, the man runs out, and the chase to capture and lynch him begins.When Joe, a young man trying to be the next Houdini, is accused of rape, he must perform his greatest escape by eluding a bloodthirsty lynch mob. And Mary, the motherless daughter of a farmer who tries to marry her off to the farmhand who viciously raped her, must find the courage to help exonerate the man she had accused with her panicked cry. Based on true events, Magic City is a portrait of an era, climaxing in the heroic but doomed stand that pitted the National Guard against a small band of black men determined to defend the town they had built into the "Negro Wall Street."Named by the Chicago Tribune as a Favorite Book of 1997
 

Race and injustice in 1920s Oklahoma.

This book is a powerful dive into the history of racial tension in Oklahoma, with a richly developed plot and characters that stay with you long after the last page has turned. Perfect for anyone interested in American history and social justice.

Note: While we do our best to ensure the accuracy of cover images, ISBNs may at times be reused for different editions of the same title which may hence appear as a different cover.