We refuse to forget : a true story of Black Creeks, American identity, and power / Caleb Gayle.
2022
KIE2140 .G39 2022 (Mapit)
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Title
We refuse to forget : a true story of Black Creeks, American identity, and power / Caleb Gayle.
Imprint
New York : Riverhead Books, 2022.
Copyright
©2022
Description
xvii, 254 pages ; 24 cm
Formatted Contents Note
Introduction: I Got Indian in Me
Who We've Been. Collateral Damage
Enough Family. Let's Create a Nation
Benjamin Hawkins: Agent of Civilization
Cow Tom Builds a Home
The Moral Man
The Gift He Gave
...And Oklahoma Became the South
The Invasion of Dawes, Curtis, and Bixby Too
His Holy Ground
Living the Dream, Surviving the Nightmares
You'll Know Him by His Fruit
Johnnie Mae Stopped Getting Mail
Who We Can Become. Becoming a Simmons
Radical Memories
Reparations and the Black Creek
American Collateral
Empowerment, Not Dilution.
Who We've Been. Collateral Damage
Enough Family. Let's Create a Nation
Benjamin Hawkins: Agent of Civilization
Cow Tom Builds a Home
The Moral Man
The Gift He Gave
...And Oklahoma Became the South
The Invasion of Dawes, Curtis, and Bixby Too
His Holy Ground
Living the Dream, Surviving the Nightmares
You'll Know Him by His Fruit
Johnnie Mae Stopped Getting Mail
Who We Can Become. Becoming a Simmons
Radical Memories
Reparations and the Black Creek
American Collateral
Empowerment, Not Dilution.
Summary
"A landmark work of Black and Native American history that reconfigures our understanding of identity, race, and belonging and the inspiring ways marginalized people have pushed to redefine their world. In this paradigm-shattering work of American history, Caleb Gayle tells the extraordinary story of the Creek Nation, a Native tribe that two centuries ago both owned slaves and accepted Black people as full members. Thanks to the leadership of a chief named Cow Tom--a Black former slave--a treaty with the U.S. government recognized Creek citizenship for its Black members. Yet this equality was shredded in the 1970s when Creek leaders revoked the citizenship of Black Creeks, even those who could trace their tribal history back generations. Why did this happen? What led to this reversal? How was the U.S. government involved? And how can marginalized people today defend themselves? These are some of the questions that award-winning journalist Caleb Gayle explores in this provocative examination of racial and ethnic identity. By delving deep into the historical record and interviewing Black Creeks suing the Creek Nation to have their citizenship reinstated, he lays bare the racism, ambition, and greed at the heart of this story. The result is an eye-opening account that challenges our preconceptions of identity as it shines new light on the long shadows of marginalization and white supremacy that continue to hamper progress for Black Americans"-- Provided by publisher
Bibliography, etc. Note
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Available in Other Form
Online version: Gayle, Caleb J. We refuse to forget. New York : Riverhead Books, 2022
Call Number
KIE2140 .G39 2022
Language
English
ISBN
9780593329580 (hardcover)
0593329589 (hardcover)
9780593329597 (ebook)
0593329589 (hardcover)
9780593329597 (ebook)
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