TULSA, OKLAHOMA - JUNE 01: (L-R) Survivors Lessie Benningfield Randle, Viola Fletcher, and Hughes Van Ellis sing together at the conclusion of a rally during commemorations of the 100th anniversary of ...
(Reuters) -Viola Fletcher, the oldest living survivor of the Tulsa Race Massacre, died on Monday at the age of 111, the city's mayor said. "Today, our city mourns the loss of Mother Viola Fletcher - a ...
Viola Fletcher, Last Tulsa Race Massacre Survivor, Dead At 111 Viola “Mother” Fletcher, Last Tulsa Race Massacre Survivor, Dies At 111 — Leaving A Legacy America Cannot Ignore Viola Fletcher fought ...
Tulsa Mayor Monroe Nichols joined News On 6 to reflect on the legacy of Mother Viola Fletcher and discuss several key issues facing the city, including winter weather readiness, shelter capacity and ...
Viola Fletcher was a young Black girl in 1921 when she witnessed the Tulsa race massacre, one of the darkest chapters of America’s racist past. The longest survivor of the massacre, Fletcher died at ...
Tulsa Mayor Monroe Nichols has announced that Viola Ford Fletcher, the oldest living survivor of the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre, has passed away at 111 years old. “Today, our city mourns the loss of ...
OKLAHOMA CITY — Viola Fletcher, the oldest living survivor of the Tulsa Race Massacre, died on Monday, Nov. 24, at the age of 111, the city's mayor said. "Today, our city mourns the loss of Mother ...
Viola Fletcher, who as a child in 1921 saw her affluent Black neighborhood in Oklahoma torched by white citizens in what became known as the Tulsa Race Massacre – one of the most violent acts of ...
Viola Fletcher, one of the last living survivors of the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre, has passed away. She was 111 years old. Tulsa, Oklahoma Mayor Monroe Nichols announced Fletcher’s death. "Today, our ...
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 ...