EXPERIENCE
THE SPIRIT OF GREENWOOD
This isn’t your usual history tour. It’s the story of Greenwood, told by the families who lived it.
Walk the streets of what was once one of the wealthiest Black communities in America. Stand where doctors, lawyers, and business owners built something the country still talks about. Then learn how it was destroyed in 1921. Not by a riot. By a coordinated attack carried out with the backing of Tulsa’s own government, as the U.S. Department of Justice has now acknowledged. And why the story was buried for generations after.
Book the extended tour and you’ll go further. You’ll visit the sites tied directly to the massacre, from the Drexel Building to the places where survivors were held in internment camps. You’ll see how “Urban Renewal” in the 1960s and 70s finished what the fire started. And you’ll hear where the fight for respect, repair, and reparations stands today.
Groups from MIT, the University of Oklahoma, and Texas Christian University have walked these blocks with us. The U.S. Department of State called it a highlight of an entire international program. And there’s a reason. The Real Black Wall Street Tour is the only tour company owned and run by Black descendants of the Tulsa Race Massacre.
You won’t just learn this history. You’ll feel it.
Want to go deeper before you come? Order your copy of America’s Black Wall Street (ISBN 979-8-9892223-0-8).
TOUR THE REAL
BLACK WALL STREET
01.
1.5 HOUR TOUR
A distinctive outdoor guided tour of the area referred to as "Deep Greenwood." A walking excursion that lasts approximately one and a half hours. As we visit the historic markers along the way, we will engage in thought-provoking dialogue. The total distance covered is approximately four blocks. We strongly recommend that you acquire our most recent publication, America's Black Wall Street. For additional information, simply click the "books" link on the website. For information on the outdoor meet up location, and the payment method, please refer to the frequently asked questions section on the site.
Note: We have 3 person minimum, but there is a possibility of being added to a pre-existing tour if available. We are not a service of the Greenwood Cultural Center. However; we fully support the Historic Institution. Go to the FAQ section to answer most questions.
02.
2-3 HOUR TOUR
This two-hour plus tour is divided into two parts. Walking and traveling (caravan) are included. A unique guided tour of "Deep Greenwood." The walking tour lasts around an hour and a half. We will visit historical markers, and engage in thought-provoking discourse. The second portion will take us to various locations that shed more light on Black Wall Street and the Tulsa Massacre. For example, the internment camps, the Drexel Building, where Dick Rowland is falsely accused of attacking a white female in an elevator, and so on. The extended tour will leave an indelible impression on you. We strongly recommend that you acquire our most recent publication, America's Black Wall Street. For additional information, simply click the "books" link on the website. For information on the outdoor meet up location, and the payment method, please refer to the frequently asked
questions section on the site.
Note: We have 3 person minimum, but there is a possibility of being added to a pre-existing tour if available. We are not a service of the Greenwood Cultural Center. However; we fully support the Historic Institution. Go to the FAQ section to answer most questions.
03.
25+ GROUP TOURS
Choose tour option 1 or 2. Please contact us for discount eligibility and availability for your customer experience. Also send any important details about your group. Advise if you are arriving via charter bus, school bus etc.
We strongly recommend that you acquire our most recent publication, America's Black Wall Street. For additional information, simply click the "books" link on the website. For information on the outdoor meet up location, and the payment method, please refer to the frequently asked questions section on the site.
Note: We are not a service of the Greenwood Cultural Center. However; we fully support the Historic Institution. Go to the FAQ section to answer most questions.
BOOK YOUR TOUR
All tours are booked on a by-appointment-only basis. Please fill out the form below; one of our schedulers will check for availability. You will receive an email confirming whether or not your tour time and date requested is open for booking. If you have questions you would like to address before you book your tour, please send us an email at info@realblackwallstreettour.com or text us at (918) 829-4213.
MICHAEL D. GREEN
The Chief is very knowledgeable in the subject of Black Wall Street. His tour was very informative and you feel as though you are getting insider information. I would recommend this tour to any interested in the history of The Greenwood District of Tulsa.
I could truly go on and on about everything we learned on this tour but I really think it’s something everyone should prioritize as far as places to visit in Tulsa.
U.S. SENATOR CORY BOOKER
I felt the pain as I touched the scarred and charred bricks of a great community. A community that thrived. We are here because of the folks that never gave up on the dream of America.
Regina Graves
12th grade student at Street School
Dear Chief Egunwale Amusan,
I hope this letter finds you well.
I recently took your Tulsa Race Massacre – Black Wall Street tour, and I want to begin by saying that I have never received so much information in such a short amount of time. I want to thank you for educating not only me as an African American student, but also my classmates and those who grew up not knowing about this part of history.
Growing up and attending both private and public schools, the Tulsa Race Massacre was rarely spoken about and certainly not taught enough. Although I am now a senior in high school and continuing to learn more about this history as I go through life, it saddens me that it took this long to learn about something so important. Still, I am very thankful to have had the opportunity to meet you and to learn more about the painful but vital history of the Tulsa Race Massacre and my community.
Sincerely: Regina Graves
The Best 2 hour Tour In America
By doing the guided Greenwood Black Wall Street tour, you get all of the deeper insight and personal connection. So if you’re hesitating on the guided tour because you don’t usually like group tours or going at someone else’s pace – let me tell ya. As someone who hates both group things with strangers AND going at someone else’s pace, the guided tour was AMAZING.
THE U.S. DEPARTMENT OF STATE
Dear Chief Amusan:
On behalf of the United States Department of State-sponsored International Visitor Leadership Program (IVLP), please accept this letter thanking you for being so generous with your time and sharing the important history during your well documented and tremendously educational guided tour of Tulsa’s Black Wall Street. Your tour was a great contribution to the participants’ successful IVLP program in Tulsa. The group that you hosted was from various countries in Africa, and they along with their French language interpreters and liaisons were thoroughly pleased with the knowledge and information that was shared with them.
The report prepared and submitted by the liaison team to the Office of International Visitors at the Department of State indicated that the tour was a highlight of their visit to Tulsa as well as a highlight of their entire program in the United States.
Thank you for all that you do, and we wish you continued success. I certainly look forward to another opportunity for another IVLP group to visit Tulsa and participate in one of your tours.
With kind and best regards,
Jacquelyne Conley
Senior Program Officer
International Visitor Leadership Program
JOANN BROWN
This was the most informative tour. It was on my bucket list since early 2000 when I first heard of this massacre. We were anxious to find out what was left out of history books and Chief delivered. Our tour was almost 4 hours. I highly recommend booking the full tour.
The best treatment I received was through my tour guide, Chief, from The Real Black Wall Street Tour. He gave me a personalized 1hour plus tour of Black Wall Street, which included driving around to understand the scope of how large the Black community was prior to the Massacre. Chief recommended many Black-owned spots to check out in the community.
TESTIMONIALS
MEET THE OWNER
Chief Egunwale Amusan doesn’t just tell the story of Greenwood. He comes from it.
Born and raised in Tulsa, Chief Amusan is a descendant of survivors of the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre. His grandfather, Raymond Lee Beard Sr., lived at 524 N. Greenwood Avenue when the city burned. So when you walk these blocks with Chief, you’re walking ground his own family stood on. That’s why The Real Black Wall Street Tour is the only tour company owned and run by Black descendants of the massacre.
For three decades, Chief has fought to recover the history Tulsa tried to bury. He served on the Tulsa Mass Graves Oversight Committee and is Executive Producer of Oaklawn, the documentary that takes you inside the search for the 1921 victims. He has testified before the U.S. House Judiciary Subcommittee and contributed to the Department of Justice’s 2025 Cold Case Unit report on the massacre.
His book, America’s Black Wall Street: The Untold Story of Broken Treaties, Black Resistance, Political Fear, and Sacred Ground, reaches further back than most accounts dare. Back to Indian Territory and the freedmen who built Greenwood. Because you can’t understand why it was destroyed until you understand how it rose.
You may have seen him already. Chief is featured in the Emmy Award-winning documentary Dreamland, WNYC Studios’ award-winning podcast Blindspot: Tulsa Burning, and Essence magazine as a social entrepreneur transforming his community. He consulted on season one of HuluFX’s series The Lowdown and appears in season two on Hulu. And he built the digital version of this tour for National Geographic’s 2892 Miles To Go: Tulsa, which won an Esri Special Achievement in GIS Award in 2024.
Groups from MIT, the University of Oklahoma, and Texas Christian University have walked Greenwood with Chief. The U.S. Department of State called his tour a highlight of an entire international visitors program.
This is a family-run business, telling Greenwood’s story the way its survivors and descendants lived it. Not from a textbook. From the family that was there.
