Across the Tracks: Remembering Greenwood, Black Wall Street, and the Tulsa Race Massacre

Name: Across the Tracks: Remembering Greenwood, Black Wall Street, and the Tulsa Race Massacre
Brand: Thames and Hudson (Australia) Pty Ltd
SKU: 9781419755170
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By Alverne Ball

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Across the Tracks: Remembering Greenwood, Black Wall Street, and the Tulsa Race Massacre is a poignant graphic novel by Alverne Ball and illustrator Stacey Robinson that honours Greenwood, Oklahoma. Known historically as Black Wall Street, Greenwood was a thriving and prosperous Black community tragically devastated by the 1921 massacre. The book explores the vibrant businesses and lives of its residents, emphasising both the community's significant achievements and its painful history. Supplemented with a detailed preface, timeline, and historical essay, the narrative also highlights Greenwood's remarkable recovery and resilience.
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Ideal for readers interested in graphic novels with historical themes, students and educators studying American history and racial justice, and anyone seeking a deeper understanding of Black heritage and resilience.

"In 'Across the Tracks: Remembering Greenwood, Black Wall Street, and the Tulsa Race Massacre', author Alverne Ball and illustrator Stacey Robinson have crafted a love letter to Greenwood, Oklahoma. Also known as Black Wall Street, Greenwood was a community whose importance is often overshadowed by the massacre that took place one hundred years ago."--Provided by publisher.

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One hundred years after the Tulsa Race Massacre, Across the Tracks is a celebration and memorial of Greenwood, Oklahoma.

In Across the Tracks: Remembering Greenwood, Black Wall Street, and the Tulsa Race Massacre, author Alverne Ball and illustrator Stacey Robinson have crafted a love letter to Greenwood, Oklahoma. Also known as Black Wall Street, Greenwood was a community whose importance is often overshadowed by the atrocious massacre that took place there in 1921.

Across the Tracks introduces 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.

With additional supplementary materials including a detailed preface, timeline, and historical essay, Across the Tracks offers a thorough examination of the rise, fall, and rebirth of Black Wall Street.

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Booklist praises the focus on rebuilding efforts, ending the book on a hopeful note. The Beat appreciates the reframing of tragedy, celebrating Black perseverance and joy, making Greenwood the central story rather than just the massacre. Publishers Weekly calls the book educational and accessible, suitable for both history classes and readers new to this chapter of American history.

Book Details

INFORMATION

ISBN: 9781419755170

Publisher: Abrams

Format: Hardback

Date Published: 13 May 2021

Country: United States

Imprint: Abrams ComicArts

Contributors:

Illustrated by Stacey Robinson
Contributions by Renaldo Anderson
Contributions by Collette Yellowrobe

Audience: General / adult

DIMENSIONS

Spine width: 11.0mm

Width: 159.0mm

Height: 242.0mm

Weight: 320g

Pages: 64

Collections

Adult Graphic Novels Alverne Ball Education & Reference Fiction Graphic Novels History & Archaeology History & Military

About the Author

Alverne Ball has an MFA in fiction writing from Columbia College Chicago. He is the recipient of the 2014 and 2015 Glyph Rising Star Award for his writing on One Nation: Old Druids. In 2009, he received the first-ever Luminarts graphic novel writing award. Ball lives in Joliet, Illinois.

Stacey Robinson is an assistant professor of graphic design at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. As part of the collaborative team Black Kirby with artist John Jennings, Robinson creates graphic novels, gallery exhibitions, lectures, and workshops that use strategies to imagine new worlds inspired by design, hip-hop, the arts and sciences, and diasporic African belief systems.