Angel of Greenwood Quotes

“The shocking death of a loved one isn't a wailing thing. The real shudder comes from the world moving on as if nothing's happened. Shops flip their Closed signs to Open, patrons gather at the theaters and soda shops, and people dare smile at things that make them happy, while those left in the ruins find joy in nothing.”
― Randi Pink, Angel of Greenwood

“No revolutionary cared so much how they were seen within the flawed world. They only cared for repairing it.”
― Randi Pink, Angel of Greenwood

“The only space for Black Tulsans in the white imagination had become too successful. Too much of a threat,”
― Randi Pink, Angel of Greenwood

“Working for one's own benefit is not work at all.”
― Randi Pink, Angel of Greenwood

“June 1, 1921, idyllic, prosperous, exceptional Greenwood was looted and burned by white rioters. In a span of fewer than twenty-four hours, thirty-five city blocks were charred, over eight hundred people were treated for injuries, and historians have estimated that somewhere between one hundred and three hundred lives were lost.”
― Randi Pink, Angel of Greenwood

“Greenwood chipped in to help prop up Isaiah's household. He, therefore, was quietly indepted to them all, even his best friend. Isaiah could never show himself as he truly was on the inside. He could only acquiesce and get through the day.”
― Randi Pink, Angel of Greenwood

“Isaiah was not one man, but two—himself and his black shadow—following him, sometimes pestering him, to utilize his own ingenuity in order to navigate the world made complicated by the color of his skin.”
― Randi Pink, Angel of Greenwood