Tim Madigan Knihy

"On the morning of June 1, 1921, a white mob numbering in the thousands marched across the railroad tracks dividing black from white in Tulsa, Oklahoma, and obliterated a black community then celebrated as one of America's most prosperous. Thirty-four square blocks of Tulsa's Greenwood community, known then as the Negro Wall Street of America, were reduced to smoldering rubble. With chilling details, humanity, and the narrative thrust of compelling fiction. The Burning re-creates the town of Greenwood at the height of its prosperity, explores the currents of hatred, racism, and mistrust between its black residents and Tulsa's neighboring white population, narrates events leading up to and including Greenwood's annihilation, and documents the subsequent silence that surrounded the tragedy that became known as the Tulsa Race Riot."--Back cover

A powerful adaptation of The Burning, the true story of Black Wall Street and the Tulsa Race Massacre.

Exploring the multifaceted life of Bertrand Russell, this anthology delves into his contributions as a founder of analytic philosophy and his influential role as an educator, public intellectual, and peace activist. The collection of papers offers diverse perspectives on his legacy, reflecting his significant impact on twentieth-century thought, including his critiques of organized religion and his commitment to humanism. This rich examination highlights the enduring relevance of Russell's ideas and activism even decades after his passing.

Paul Kurtz has been the dominant voice of secular humanism over the past thirty years. This compilation of his work reveals the scope of his thinking on the basic topics of our time and his many and varied contributions to the cause of free thought. It focuses on the central issues that have concerned Kurtz throughout his ethics, politics, education, religion, science, and pseudoscience. The chapters are linked by a common the need for a new enlightenment, one committed to the use of rationality and skepticism, but also devoted to realizing the highest values of humanist culture. Many writings included here were first published in magazines and journals long unavailable. Some of the essays have never before been published. They now appear as a coherent whole for the first time. Also included is an extensive bibliography of Kurtz's writings. Toward a New Enlightenment is essential for those who know and admire Paul Kurtz's work. It will also be an important resource for students of philosophy, political science, ethics, and religion. Among the chapters "Humanist Eating the Forbidden Fruit"; "Relevance of Science to Ethics"; "Democracy without Theology"; "Misuses of Civil Disobedience"; "The Limits of Tolerance"; "Skepticism about the Legitimate and Illegitimate"; "Militant Atheism vs. Freedom of Conscience"; "Promethean Unbound"; "The Case for Euthanasia"; and "The New Inquisition in the Schools."