"The story of three locations in the United States--in Mississippi, Minnesota, and Oklahoma--where the indigenous people were driven out by European colonists, where vicious racial killings took place in the last century, and how these places are coming to terms with the past, creating new organizations dedicated to racial repair and reconciliation as they aspire to a more inclusive, more promising future"--Publisher's website.
Prologue: Before America -- Part one: The delta. Before Mississippi -- The murder of Emmett Till -- Commemoration and repair in Mississippi -- Part two: Duluth. Before Minnesota -- The lynchings in Duluth -- Commemoration and repair in Minnesota -- Part three: Tulsa. Before Oklahoma -- The Tulsa Race Massacre -- Commemoration and repair in Oklahoma -- Part four: The rivers before us. The search for hope in history -- Discovery and democracy in America.
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