Smithsonian Magazine Cover & Opening Illustrations | April 2021 Issue | Tulsa 1921

THE PROMISE OF OKLAHOMA, How the push for statehood led a beacon of racial progress to oppression and violence BY VICTOR LUCKERSON

AMERICAN TERROR, A century ago in Tulsa, a murderous mob attacked the most prosperous black community in the nation BY TIM MADIGAN; PHOTOGRAPHS BY ZORA J. MURFF WITH TRENT BOZEMAN

Thank you to Quentin Nardi, Chief Photo Editor,  for the opportunity!