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.

Monday marks 100 years since the Tulsa Race Massacre, which is considered one of the worst incidents of racist violence in U.S. history. The horrific event occurred in Tulsa over a 14-hour period from May 31 to June 1, 1921. Many lives were lost, and over ...

The Democratic mayor of Tulsa, Oklahoma, released a plan seeking to compensate descendants of residents affected by racial violence over a century ago. On Sunday, Mayor Monroe Nichols announced Road to Repair, which promises to pour $105 million into the ...

Click to open image viewer. CC0 Usage Conditions ApplyClick for more information. On May 31 and June 1, 1921, in Tulsa, Oklahoma, mobs of white residents brutally attacked the African American community of Greenwood, colloquially known as "Black Wall ...

MINNEAPOLIS — On a day in which America takes time off to remember those who gave their lives fighting for this country, another solemn remembrance is taking place in Oklahoma, to recognize hundreds of Americans who had their lives taken from them during ...

The mayor of Tulsa, Oklahoma, has unveiled a reparations plan for the descendants of the Tulsa Race Massacre as well as the neighborhood area once known as "Black Wall Street" on the first official remembrance day for the massacre. Mayor Monroe Nichols ...

Click to open image viewer. CC0 Usage Conditions ApplyClick for more information. On May 31 and June 1, 1921, in Tulsa, Oklahoma, mobs of white residents brutally attacked the African American community of Greenwood, colloquially known as "Black Wall ...

A decadeslong effort to recover mass burial plots from the 1921 Tulsa race riot has been spurred forward after an investigation found that two sites in the Oklahoma city may contain unmarked mass graves. Scientists and forensic anthropologists have been ...

OKLAHOMA CITY -- The House of Representatives passed two measures Tuesday that would serve as vehicles for the recommendations of the Tulsa Race Riot Commission. However, the question of reparations to riot survivors led to a split vote on one of the measures.

A project nominally associated with Bill Cosby is seeking support in Hollywood. After being hidden away for nearly a century in the shadows of America's collective memory, the Tulsa Race Massacre of 1921 has sharpened into a powerful cultural focal point ...