Sprawling across 20 acres just east of downtown Tulsa, Oaklawn Cemetery serves as a long-standing fixture since its establishment in 1882 — 25 years before Oklahoma statehood. The manicured grounds ...

Family, community members, and city leaders gathered in Tulsa and Bartlesville to honor Viola Ford Fletcher, the oldest known survivor of the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre, who died at age 111. TULSA, Okla ...

Mother Viola Fletcher, who carried the memory of Tulsa’s shame and the nation’s unfinished business longer than any other living soul, died on November 24 at age 111. She stood as the oldest known ...

Mother Viola Fletcher, who carried the memory of Tulsa’s shame and the nation’s unfinished business longer than any other living soul, died on November 24 at age 111. She stood as the oldest known ...

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 ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Viola Fletcher, the oldest living survivor of the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre, has died at 111. In the final years of her life, she ...

Tulsa was not always defined by tragedy. A little more than a century ago, the city in Oklahoma, USA, was bustling with black culture, businesses, family pride, and a sense of possibility. It was a ...

TULSA, Oklahoma — Viola Ford Fletcher, one of the last living witnesses to the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre, died Monday at 111, Tulsa Mayor Monroe Nichols confirmed. Her death marks the near end of a ...

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 ...