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Research, reporting, and writing about neglected black history
By Victor Luckerson · Launched 2 years ago
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Learn the Story of Black Wall Street
This article is an in-progress chronicle of the history of Tulsa's Greenwood district, from its origins as Native American land to the present day
Victor Luckerson
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#029: The Game Is the Game
A popular gambling pastime known as the policy wheel dominated the economy of Depression-era Greenwood. Because it was criminalized, it also spawned…
Victor Luckerson
Mar 11
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Noble Negroes
On the dangers of allowing historical figures to become symbols and sedatives
Victor Luckerson
Feb 21
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#028: Women's Work
When the Great Depression gripped Tulsa in the early 1930’s, it squeezed black women the hardest
Victor Luckerson
Feb 1
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Back for the First Time
A slightly new philosophy for Run It Back
Victor Luckerson
Oct 6, 2021
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The Rituals of Remembrance
Remembrance helps individuals process trauma, but government officials should only engage in it if they're also willing to do the hard work of repair
Victor Luckerson
Jun 5, 2021
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What the Tulsa Race Massacre Survivors Want
As an avalanche of commemoration events begin in Greenwood, the people who survived the attack await tangible forms of justice
Victor Luckerson
May 25, 2021
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#027: The Myth of an Impervious People
In 1925 Greenwood welcomed the nation's leading black entrepreneurs for a lavish convention to prove that the massacre had not destroyed their spirit.
Victor Luckerson
Apr 23, 2021
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