{"product_id":"burning-house-dennis-a-tomlinson-paperback","title":"Burning House -- Dennis A. Tomlinson, Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eIntegration fits Noah Marshall's goodness category. In pursuit of goodness, he voluntarily participates in school integration twice. Racism hands him a torched home and a grand jury investigation.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn the 1930's, Noah is a teenager living in Red Bird, Oklahoma. Red Bird is described as an all-black town. As Noah learns his family's history and witnesses the intimidation of another Red Bird resident who protests discriminatory voting laws, he recognizes that Red Bird's reality is a complex racial mixture and that reality includes him.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eNoah leaves home for college, becomes a teacher, and marries his sweetheart, Leila. They teach in segregated schools until \u003cem\u003eBrown v. Board of Education\u003c\/em\u003e in 1954. The following year, school integration closes the high school where Noah works. He chooses a job offered at the newly integrated high school. Calamity to family and property follows. The next year, he and Leila return to the safety of segregated schools.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSeventeen years later, Noah is booted, again, from his segregated school. He chooses integration, again, and experiences a different troubling outcome.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAfter the second troubling integration, Noah reflects on the similarities of the Underground Railroad and the Integration Railroad. He resolves to be a conductor on the Integration Railroad for a short time longer although he's aware that the train is not yet near the station.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Dennis A. Tomlinson\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Sooner Literature\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 02\/14\/2024\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 250\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.82lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.57d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9798989827404","brand":"Dennis A. Tomlinson","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45671450771684,"sku":"9798989827404","price":14.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0611\/9587\/8628\/files\/9798989827404.jpg?v=1727447535","url":"https:\/\/bookandmortar.com\/products\/burning-house-dennis-a-tomlinson-paperback","provider":"BookandMortar","version":"1.0","type":"link"}