How the Press Shaped the Tulsa Race Massacre and Its Legacy
Doors open at 5 p.m.
Thursday, March 7
Grand Ballroom A, Gatton Student Center
Refreshments provided.
Victor Luckerson is a journalist and author based in Tulsa who works to bring neglected black history to light. He is a former staff writer at The Ringer and business reporter for Time magazine. His writing and research have appeared in The New Yorker, The New York Times, Wired, and Smithsonian. He was nominated for a National Magazine Award for his reporting in Time on the 1923 Rosewood Massacre. He also manages an email newsletter about under-explored aspects of black history called Run It Back. Luckerson's most recent accomplishment is the publication of his book "Built from the Fire" which blends journalism, academic research and oral history to tell the story of Tulsa's Greenwood District and the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre.
Bio and cover image courtesy of Penguin Random House
Headshot courtesy of Vox
