Oldest survivor of Tulsa Race Massacre dies
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Viola Ford Fletcher, the oldest Tulsa Race Massacre living survivor, has died at 111 years old. Here’s what we know.
DALLAS (AP) — Viola Ford Fletcher, who as one of the last survivors of the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre in Oklahoma spent her later years seeking justice for the deadly attack by a white mob on the thriving Black community where she lived as a child, has died. She was 111.
Viola Fletcher, the oldest survivor of the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre, has passed away at 111. She witnessed the destruction of Greenwood at age seven. Fletcher dedicated her life to seeking justice and reparations for survivors.