Author Talk & Book Signing: From Black Wall Street to Indiana Avenue: Examining Massacre & Erasure.
Thu, Feb 20
|Indianapolis
Join Victor Luckerson, author of Built from the Fire: The Epic Story of Tulsa’s Greenwood District, America’s Black Wall Street, as the keynote speaker for a panel discussion on the 1921 Tulsa Massacre. Book sales & signing provided by Black Worldschoolers Mobile Bookstore.
Time & Location
Feb 20, 2025, 6:00 PM – 8:00 PM EST
Indianapolis, 617 Indiana Ave, Indianapolis, IN 46202, USA
About the 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 Univer
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.