Certainly a highly knowledgable and intelligent guide understand the historical contexts he’s describing well. Very good itinerary, generally highly recommend taking a Harlem tour. We learnt a lot. We simply didn’t like some attitudes of the guide, found him arrogant at times, lacking some respect towards especially one fellow guest on the tour.
Alex is a throughly knowledgeable guide. He had answers to many questions asked of him and he really provided an in depth historical perspective. I personally prefer tours that cover a lot more walking ground than talking ground, so I felt that we stayed in one place perhaps a bit too long sometimes before moving on, but the information made up for it. I leaned a lot (even for a local) and would recommend the tour.
Do not do this tour