Angel of Greenwood

I enjoyed this a lot! Not only does it tell a story that many (mostly white) people are just now learning about in the Greenwood Massacre but it also tells how wonderful Greenwood was. How it was a haven for Black people to live lives usually only afford to whites at that time with teens falling in love and getting cute summer jobs and getting into the idyllic trouble seen in 1950s tv shows like blowing up a mailbox.

Then the horror of the Massacre and the burning and the bombing. The contrast of it is so stark and well executed. Angel and Isaiah grow a lot before the Massacre and while I'm sure the trauma shapes them, they were already becoming who they would be before.