Bibliograph

The Holly, five bullets, one gun, and the struggle to save an American neighborhood, Julian Rubinstein

Type

Label

The Holly, five bullets, one gun, and the struggle to save an American neighborhood, Julian Rubinstein

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references (pages 363-378)

Illustrations

illustrationsplates

Index

no index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

The Holly

Nature of contents

bibliography

Responsibility statement

Julian Rubinstein

Sub title

five bullets, one gun, and the struggle to save an American neighborhood

Summary

On the last evening of summer in 2013, five shots rang out in a part of northeast Denver known as the Holly. Long a destination for African American families fleeing the Jim Crow South, the area had become an "invisible city" within a historically white metropolis. The shooter, Terrance Roberts, was a revered anti-gang activist. Rubinstein reconstructs the events that left a local gang member paralyzed and Roberts facing the possibility of life in prison. The result is a multigenerational saga of race and politics that runs from the civil rights movement to Black Lives Matter, exploring the porous boundaries between a city's elites and its most disadvantaged citizens. -- adapted from jacket

Target audience

adult

Classification