A review by gusreads
Built from the Fire by Victor Luckerson

challenging dark emotional informative sad slow-paced

4.0

A vital book about the Tulsa Race Massacre that focuses on the aftermath rather than the tragedy itself. The book exhaustively chronicles the efforts to rebuild, the many enduring challenges of the Greenwood neighborhood and its residents, and the ongoing effort to secure meaningful reparations. At times due to the level of detail the book is a bit of a slog to get through and shrinking it by 100 pages or so would make it more accessible to more readers, which is essential as most Americans only have a passing knowledge of the massacre at best. Regardless it’s a deeply informative book and one I highly recommend to everyone.