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'We're going to fight to the finish': Tulsa Race Massacre survivor on lawsuit and struggle It's been 101 years since the Tulsa Race Massacre, and we interviewed one of the three known survivors ...
100 years later, 107-year-old survivor of the Tulsa Race Massacre, Viola Fletcher, is still trying to break its curse. Excerpt from the History.com story: ...
At 109 years old, Viola Ford Fletcher has lived through many significant historical events, from the Great Depression to the January 6, 2021 attack on the United States Capital. But one event hits ...
Bundt cakes spell 110 for Viola Fletcher, one of the two remaining survivors of the Tulsa Race Massacre, who celebrated her 110th birthday with family in Little Elm, Texas, May 10, 2024.
Hughes Van Ellis, 100, Lessie Benningfield Randle, 106, also known as Mother Randle, and Viola Fletcher, 107, the oldest living survivor of the Tulsa Race Massacre and older sister of Van Ellis ...
Tulsa race massacre survivor Viola Fletcher, 107, adds soil to a jar as her brother, Hughes Van Ellis, 100, looks on during a soil collection ceremony at Standpipe Hill on Monday, the anniversary ...
Hughes Van Ellis, 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre survivor, who died Monday at the age of 102. Justice for Greenwood Foundation The indignity of a nation’s neglect became another burden for survivors ...
Viola Fletcher and her grandson are releasing a book about the oldest living Tulsa Race Massacre survivor’s life that they hope will reflect her thoughts on more than just the massacre. At age ...
Meanwhile, it was a huge weekend for Republicans complaining. A 109-Year-Old Survivor of the Tulsa Race Massacre Just Cast Her Ballot.
Hughes Van Ellis, 100, of Aurora, Colorado, was only recently identified as a survivor of the Tulsa Race Massacre, officials said. Ellis and fellow plaintiffs Lessie Randle, 106, of Tulsa, ...
The legacy of the Tulsa Race Massacre Born in 1914, Randle was just a child when a violent mob of white residents devastated Greenwood, a prosperous Black neighborhood known as Black Wall Street.
Descendant of Tulsa Race Massacre survivor weighs in on Mayor Nichols' Greenwood Trust announcement Tulsa Mayor Monroe Nichols announces Greenwood Trust, a $105M initiative for North Tulsa's growth.