Victor Luckerson chronicles the neighborhood’s triumphs and challenges in ‘Built from the Fire.’
A Black man with a camera looks at the burned ruins in Tulsa's Greenwood District after the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre. On May 31 and June 1 of that year, mobs of white residents attacked Black residents and destroyed homes and businesses in one of the worst incidents of racial violence in U.S. history.Author Victor Luckerson will be at Mount Sinai Baptist Church in Dallas on July 30 to discuss his new book,. The free event will be from 3 to 5 p.m. at the church, 6819 Lake June Road.
Luckerson is a journalist and author based in Tulsa whose work is focused on shining a light on neglected Black history. He is a former staff writer at The Ringer and business reporter for
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