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Greenwood Rising - Tulsa, OK 

Talking Trail

762 - Introduction

Welcome to the Greenwood Rising Walking Tour. These first 10 stops focus on the main business district...

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763 - The 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre

You are standing on the southeast corner of Greenwood and Archer, just outside the state-of-the-art...

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764 - Greenwood’s Black Press

You are standing just east of Greenwood Ave on the north sidewalk of Archer, directly across the street...

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765 - The Looted Safe

At one o’clock a.m. on June 1, 1921, the first fire was lit in Greenwood. By 4 a.m., after thousands of armed...

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766 - Violence Erupts

The losses of the Tulsa Race Massacre were devastating. Historically, they were unprecedented...

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767 - Williams Dreamland Theatre

You are standing just south of the I-244 overpass at what was once 127 Greenwood Ave...

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768 - A.J. Smitherman and the Tulsa Star

You are standing on the northwest edge of what remains of Black Wall Street, on the west side of...

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769 - O.W. Gurley and the Birth of Black Wall Street

You are standing at 112 North Greenwood. This is where the commercial part of the Greenwood...

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770 - Rebuilding Greenwood

You are standing at 108 South Greenwood in front of the two-story Bryant Building. Take a moment...

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771 - Williams Building

You are standing at the southwest corner of Greenwood and Archer, in front of the Williams...

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772 - Media, Memory, and the Long Silence

You are standing on the northwest corner of Greenwood and Archer. In 1921, most of Tulsa was...

Greenwood Rising is an immersive history center in Tulsa, Oklahoma, located at 23 N. Greenwood Ave, which commemorates the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre and celebrates the1900s-era prosperity of "Black Wall Street".

Come explore the 45 minute self-guided, walking tour, and experience the stories along the Greenwood Rising Talking Trail!
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