Viola Ford Fletcher, the oldest known survivor of the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre, has died at 111. As a child she watched Black Wall Street burn, survived the terror that destroyed her community, and spent the next century demanding that the nation confront the truth. Her testimony before Congress helped push the Justice Department to publicly acknowledge the massacre as a coordinated attack that killed hundreds of Black residents. Fletcher’s legacy lives on in her courage, her memoir, and her unwavering call for justice.
Tulsa Race Massacre
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On Juneteenth let us remember, racial terror did not end with slavery
Dr. Tiffany Crutcher, a descendant of a survivor of the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre, is leading the movement for a national monument to recognize and restitution for the destruction of Greenwood District.
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Hughes Van Ellis, 102-year-old Tulsa Race Massacre survivor, dies
Known affectionately as ‘Uncle Redd,’ Hughes Van Ellis was a WWII war veteran and a symbol of resilience,
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Oklahoma Supreme Court revives lawsuit seeking reparations for Tulsa Race Massacre survivors
The victims turned to the state’s highest court, asking the justices to let them testify before they die.
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New book chronicles one family’s journey during Tulsa Race Massacre
‘Diving into what happened in Tulsa, I learned so much about the mechanics of how nationwide Black communities were decimated by federal and state policy.’
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Tulsa Race Massacre survivors officially granted Ghanaian citizenshipÂ
Viola Fletcher, a 108-year-old survivor of the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre, has become a Ghanaian citizen alongside her 101-year-old brother, Hughes Van Ellis.
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100 years later Tulsa still seeking justice
White settlers of Tulsa carried out a pogrom targeted Greenwood, as Black Tulsa was known, a community so prosperous and self-contained that Booker T. Washington dubbed it ‘Black Wall Street.’
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100 years after the Tulsa Race Massacre, lessons from my grandfather
‘That it took so long for the city to acknowledge what took place shows how selective society can be when it comes to which historical events it chooses to remember.’
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WATCH: Three Tulsa Race Massacre survivors testify before Congress
Nearly one hundred years ago, one of the worst acts of racial violence in U.S. history took place in Tulsa, Oklahoma.