Name: From Black Wall Street to Indiana Avenue: Examining Massacre and Erasure
Start: 2025-02-20T18:00:00-05:00
End: 2025-02-20T20:00:00-05:00
Location: Madam Walker Legacy Center

From Black Wall Street to Indiana Avenue: Examining Massacre and Erasure

Victor Luckerson, author of Built from the Fire, leads a panel discussion on the 1921 massacre of Tulsa’s Greenwood District.
About this Event

On February 20, Madam Walker Legacy Center welcomes Victor Luckerson, author of Built from the Fire: The Epic Story of Tulsa’s Greenwood District, America’s Black Wall Street as keynote speaker for a panel discussion of Tulsa’s 1921 massacre.
Guest panelists include Jeremey Wilson, professor of anthropology, Indiana University Indianapolis, and lead bioarchaeologist, 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre Investigation; Olon Dotson, professor and chair, Department of Architecture, Ball State University; and A’Lelia Bundles, award-winning journalist and author of On Her Own Ground: The Life and Times of Madam C.J. Walker and Joy Goddess: A’Lelia Walker and the Harlem Renaissance.
Sponsored by Indiana Landmarks Black Heritage Preservation Program; IUI Center for Africana Studies and Culture; IUI Division of Diversity, Equity & Inclusion; Ball State University CAP Architecture; and ASALH.
Questions? Contact Madam Walker Legacy Center at [email protected] or 317-236-2099.
(Image courtesy Department of Special Collections, McFarlin Library, The University of Tulsa)