Victor Luckerson signs BUILT FROM THE FIRE

The Tulsa Race Massacre is a defining moment in America’s history of racist violence. But it was never the whole story of Greenwood. In the years following the attack, residents returned and rebuilt it into a “Mecca” where nightlife thrived, small businesses flourished, and an underworld economy lived comfortably alongside public storefronts. Prosperity and poverty intermixed, and icons from W.E.B. Du Bois to Muhammad Ali ambled down Greenwood Avenue, alongside maids, doctors, and every occupation in between. In this carefully researched book, a journalist traces the history of this remarkable community to the present day.