--- description: Luckerson, a journalist based in Tulsa with a biweekly newsletter about neglected black history called Run It Back, is the author of Built from Fire: The Epic Story of Tulsa's Greenwood District, America's Black Wall Street title: TIME | Current & Breaking News | National & World Updates image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- # Victor Luckerson ## Victor Luckerson Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Luckerson, a journalist based in Tulsa with a biweekly newsletter about neglected black history called [Run It Back](https://runitback.substack.com/), is the author of [Built from Fire: The Epic Story of Tulsa's Greenwood District, America's Black Wall Street](https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/625438/built-from-the-fire-by-victor-luckerson/) ## Victor Luckerson Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close *  May 23, 2023 ### [How One Family Told the Story of the Tulsa Massacre](https://time.com/6282051/greenwood-tulsa-massacre-history/) The story of the Goodwin family whose newspaper through the generations documented the Tulsa massacr... [IDEAS](/section/ideas/) *  Sep 10, 2020 ### [What Reparations for Black Americans Could Look Like](https://time.com/5887247/reparations-america-rosewood-massacre/) Rosewood Massacre survivors and descendants were awarded millions decades later. Could this be a mod... [IDEAS](/section/ideas/) *  May 19, 2016 ### [Why You Need to Save More Now](https://time.com/4341389/why-you-need-to-save-more-now/) The McKinsey Global Institute predicts that the average 30-year-old will need to up her personal sav... [WORLD](/section/world/) *  May 13, 2016 ### [Mark Zuckerberg Is the World’s Youngest Elder Statesman](https://time.com/4328839/mark-zuckerberg-speech/) The Facebook CEO wants to change the world, not just the Internet [BUSINESS](/section/business/) *  May 12, 2016 ### [What Facebook Isn't Telling You](https://time.com/4327423/what-facebook-isnt-telling-you/) A new report from tech blog Gizmodo alleges that Facebook's Trending feature is curated by humans, s... [WORLD](/section/world/) *  May 11, 2016 ### [Former Brazilian Soccer Star Warns People Against Visiting for Olympics](https://time.com/4326444/rivaldo-brazil-violence-zika-virus-olympics/) He says the country is too dangerous [SPORTS](/section/sports/) *  May 11, 2016 ### [This Might Be the World's Oldest Ax](https://time.com/4326303/australia-ax-oldest/) Ancient tool is older than scientists originally thought [SCIENCE](/section/science/) *  May 11, 2016 ### [Google Bans Ads for Payday Loans](https://time.com/4326175/google-bans-ads-payday-loans/) The ads prey on the poor and economically vulnerable, critics say [BUSINESS](/section/business/) *  May 11, 2016 ### [These Are the Most-Loved Airlines in America](https://time.com/4325995/airlines-best-america/) People are growing more accepting of airline fares and fees [BUSINESS](/section/business/) *  May 10, 2016 ### [Amazon Is Going to Battle With YouTube](https://time.com/4324828/amazon-video-youtube-google/) YouTube's large userbase and vibrant creator culture will be tough to overcome [BUSINESS](/section/business/) *  May 9, 2016 ### [It's Time Facebook Came Clean About How It Picks What You Read](https://time.com/4323647/facebook-trending/) The company wields too much influence to keep hiding behind opaque curation practices [IDEAS](/section/ideas/) *  May 9, 2016 ### [Spotify Is Making a Big Bet on Original Video](https://time.com/4322877/spotify-original-video/) The war for exclusives is heating up among music streaming services [BUSINESS](/section/business/) *  May 6, 2016 ### [How You Watch TV Is About To Change Forever](https://time.com/4320941/online-television-tv-netflix-hulu/) The winners and losers of the online TV era [BUSINESS](/section/business/) *  May 4, 2016 ### [This Gay Rights Landmark Will Soon Be a National Monument](https://time.com/4318067/stonewall-inn-gay-rights-national-monument/) The area around the Stonewall Inn is set to be part of the National Parks Service [U.S.](/section/us/) *  May 4, 2016 ### [Fashion Retailer Aéropostale Files for Bankruptcy](https://time.com/4318003/aeropostale-bankruptcy/) Company will close dozens of stores across North America [BUSINESS](/section/business/) Meta: null ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"Organization","@id":"https://time.com/","name":"TIME","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/","name":"Home"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/author/victor-luckerson/","name":"Victor Luckerson"}}]},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"Person","@id":"https://time.com/author/victor-luckerson/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/author/victor-luckerson/"},"name":"Victor Luckerson","jobTitle":null,"description":"Luckerson, a journalist based in Tulsa with a biweekly newsletter about neglected black history called Run It Back, is the author of Built from Fire: The Epic Story of Tulsa's Greenwood District, America's Black Wall Street","url":"https://time.com/author/victor-luckerson/","worksFor":{"@type":"Organization","name":"TIME","url":"https://time.com/"}}] ```