Mother Fletcher, Oldest Living Survivor of Tulsa Race Massacre, Celebrates 110th Birthday
Someone turn on the Stevie Wonder birthday song! We have a very special birthday to celebrate! Viola Fletcher, the oldest living survivor of the Tulsa Race Massacre, turned 110 years old on May 5, 2024. “I’m real proud to be this age,” Fletcher told WHSV3. The mother of three and grandmother of six celebrated her […]
Oklahoma Supreme Court to Hear Case of 109-year-old Tulsa Massacre Survivors
The last two survivors of the 1921 Tulsa race massacre appeared at Oklahoma’s Supreme Court last week demanding that the land and property that was destroyed during the race riot be returned to other survivors and their children. Almost four years ago, Lessie Benningfield Randle and Viola Fletcher, both 109 years old, launched a case […]
Hughes Van Ellis, One of the Last Survivors of Tulsa Race Massacre, Has Joined the Ancestors
He fought until the very end. Hughes Van Ellis, one of the last three known survivors of the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre, has joined the ancestors, Black Enterprise reports. In two days, white mobs burned down what was once the prosperous, Black segregated Greenwood district of Tulsa, Oklahoma. The arson destroyed 40 square blocks and […]