Victor Luckerson

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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

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...

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

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-...

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)

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