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EquaI justice initiative has initiated a campaign to recognize the victims of lynching by collecting soil from lynching sites and creating a memorial that acknowledges the horrors of racial injustice. We aim to transcend time and altered terrain to bear witness to this history and the devastation these murders wrought upon individuals, families, communities, and our nation as a whole. We invite you to join our effort to help this nation confront and recover from tragic histories of racial violence and terrorism and to create an environment where there can truly be equal justice for all. This image is one of those soil collections in Tulsa, Ok

ABOUT THE BOOK

America's Black Wall Street goes beyond the usual account of the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre and the destruction of Black Wall Street. Amusan provides a historical and political context, a brilliant, yet overlooked explanation for this massacre and others across the United States. He takes us back to the Indian Territory, the settlement of the Five Civilized Tribes, the political and financial conflict between the tribes, their freedman, black resistance, and political strides.

“Cover of America’s Black Wallstreet by Chief Egunwale Amusan—an untold story of broken treaties, Black resistance, political

ABOUT THE AUTHOR

Chief Egunwale Amusan, an author, consultant and History Recovery Specialist, is a respected figure on the history of the Greenwood area of Tulsa, Oklahoma. He was formerly an Advisor to the Black Wall Street Chamber of Commerce as a result of his substantial impact on the Black Wall Street movement.


Amusan is the proprietor The Real Black Wall Street Tour Company and is a descendant of three survivors of the Tulsa Race Massacre.

Additionally, Amusan serves as a board member for the Center of Public Secrets and a member of the Tulsa Remembrance Coalition.


Chief Amusan is the President of the African Ancestral Society which maintains close partnerships with the Terence Crutcher Foundation, Human Rights Watch, The American Civil Liberties Union, Legal Defense and Educational Fund, and Justice for Greenwood Foundation.

REVIEWS & PRAISE

“America’s Black Wall Street is a well-written and well-documented book. Chief Amusan goes beyond the usual account of the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre and the destruction of Black Wall Street. His descriptions are vivid and his narrative is compelling. He provides an historical and political context, a brilliant, yet overlooked explanation for the 1921 Tulsa massacre and others across the United States. I highly recommend this book.”

Vivian Clark-Adams, Ph.D.
Member, Oklahoma Commission to Study the Tulsa Race Riot of 1921 

This image represents the ethnic cleansing that took place dring the tulsa massacre in 1921. The black population had grown to almost 11,000 and the community counted two black schools, Paul Laurence Dunbar and Booker T. Washington, one black hospital, and two black newspapers, The Tulsa Star and the Oklahoma Sun. [Greenwood] at the time had some thirteen churches and three fraternal lodges-Masonic, Knights of Pythias, and I.O.O.F.-plus two black [movie] theaters and a black public library… Along Detroit Avenue and certain other streets were the neat, sturdy homes of some of those Black Tulsans who owned businesses lining Greenwood Avenue, augmented by the houses of the city’s Black professional class. Within this elite group, some were rumored to have assets in excess of $100,000.
“Discover America’s Black Wall Street in Tulsa’s historic Greenwood District. Our logo symbolizes the roots, resilience, and

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