Victor Luckerson
@vluck89.bsky.social
Author of Built From the Fire: The Epic Story of Tulsa's Greenwood District, America's Black Wall Street. www.vicluckerson.com
For Smithsonian mag, I wrote about Sam Green, a black man who was arrested for owning a book before the Civil War.
Green opposed the law of the land at the time by working as a conductor on the Underground Railroad. He paid a steep price for his resistance. But he never wavered in his beliefs.
Green opposed the law of the land at the time by working as a conductor on the Underground Railroad. He paid a steep price for his resistance. But he never wavered in his beliefs.
Samuel Green Freed Himself and Others From Slavery. Then He Was Imprisoned Over Owning a Book
After buying his own liberty, the Marylander covertly assisted conductors on the Underground Railroad, including Harriet Tubman. But his possession of "Uncle Tom's Cabin" turned him into an abolitioni...
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January 21, 2026 at 3:53 PM
For Smithsonian mag, I wrote about Sam Green, a black man who was arrested for owning a book before the Civil War.
Green opposed the law of the land at the time by working as a conductor on the Underground Railroad. He paid a steep price for his resistance. But he never wavered in his beliefs.
Green opposed the law of the land at the time by working as a conductor on the Underground Railroad. He paid a steep price for his resistance. But he never wavered in his beliefs.
Everyone should know the story of William Still, the man who chronicled the stories of the Underground Railroad runitback.substack.com/p/truthtelli...
Truthtelling in a Time of Lies
William Still, a conductor on the Underground Railroad, gave fugitive slaves the space to tell their own authentic stories
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September 3, 2025 at 4:17 PM
Everyone should know the story of William Still, the man who chronicled the stories of the Underground Railroad runitback.substack.com/p/truthtelli...
Next week on Wednesday, Aug. 27, I'll be speaking about Built From the Fire at Bryant Park as part of their summer lecture series. The talk begins at 7PM. More info here - bryantpark.org/calendar/eve...
Non-Fiction Authors
Bryant Park is located between 40th and 42nd Streets and Fifth and Sixth Avenues behind the New York Public Library's Stephen A. Schwarzman building.
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August 18, 2025 at 8:33 PM
Next week on Wednesday, Aug. 27, I'll be speaking about Built From the Fire at Bryant Park as part of their summer lecture series. The talk begins at 7PM. More info here - bryantpark.org/calendar/eve...
Back to posting my black history newsletter. I’ll be focusing periods political backlash in our country's history and how black people responded.
We start with the story of a man who fought in the Revolutionary War, then fought for the right to vote. runitback.substack.com/p/the-first-...
We start with the story of a man who fought in the Revolutionary War, then fought for the right to vote. runitback.substack.com/p/the-first-...
The First Black Voters
Black men could vote in many U.S. states after the American Revolution, but they soon battled a wave of disenfranchisement laws as the nation turned its back on equality
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August 5, 2025 at 3:31 PM
Back to posting my black history newsletter. I’ll be focusing periods political backlash in our country's history and how black people responded.
We start with the story of a man who fought in the Revolutionary War, then fought for the right to vote. runitback.substack.com/p/the-first-...
We start with the story of a man who fought in the Revolutionary War, then fought for the right to vote. runitback.substack.com/p/the-first-...
Power ranking of places to work in D.C. after a couple months here:
1. La Cosecha, the Latin food court next to Union Market (great coffee)
2. MLK Library by the Portrait Gallery (great views)
3. Sidamo on H Street (great chaos factor...they played a podcast interview with Donald Duck one day)
1. La Cosecha, the Latin food court next to Union Market (great coffee)
2. MLK Library by the Portrait Gallery (great views)
3. Sidamo on H Street (great chaos factor...they played a podcast interview with Donald Duck one day)
November 21, 2024 at 4:51 PM
Power ranking of places to work in D.C. after a couple months here:
1. La Cosecha, the Latin food court next to Union Market (great coffee)
2. MLK Library by the Portrait Gallery (great views)
3. Sidamo on H Street (great chaos factor...they played a podcast interview with Donald Duck one day)
1. La Cosecha, the Latin food court next to Union Market (great coffee)
2. MLK Library by the Portrait Gallery (great views)
3. Sidamo on H Street (great chaos factor...they played a podcast interview with Donald Duck one day)
So I guess everyone approaching middle age is gonna be on here or LinkedIn huh. I cast my vote for the lesser of two evils
November 15, 2024 at 9:10 PM
So I guess everyone approaching middle age is gonna be on here or LinkedIn huh. I cast my vote for the lesser of two evils