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— Viola Fletcher, 110, and Lessie Benningfield Randle, 109, will hold a press conference on Tuesday, July 2, 2024, at 11 a.m. Central Time in the Greenwood district, known as Black Wall Street.
Fletcher wasn't even the direct target for the corner. Stationed at the near post was Bartram Trail senior Laci Viola, the tallest Bear starter, in the role of a primary obstacle for Aquinas ...
This story has been corrected to show one of the two living survivors of the Tulsa Race Massacre is Lessie Benningfield Randle, not Leslie, and that the other living survivor, Viola Fletcher, is ...
Viola “Mother” Ford Fletcher, 110 years of age (yellow) is one of the final two survivors sits across the aisle from the other survivor Lessie Benningfield “Mother” Randle (red hat), 109 ...
This story has been corrected to show one of the two living survivors of the Tulsa Race Massacre is Lessie Benningfield Randle, not Leslie, and that the other living survivor, Viola Fletcher, is ...
In Tulsa, only two known survivors of the 1921 Race Massacre remain: 110-year-old Leslie Benningfield Randle and Viola Fletcher, who recently celebrated her 111th birthday.