Oldest survivor of Tulsa Race Massacre dies
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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 Ford Fletcher, the oldest survivor of the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre, has died at the age of 111, Tulsa Mayor Monroe Nichols announced Monday.
Viola Fletcher, also known as Mother Fletcher, has died at the age of 111. Mother Fletcher was one of the last two survivors of the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre.