One of The 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre’s Last Survivors, Viola Ford Fletcher, Dies At Age 111

Viola Ford Fletcher, one of the last survivors of the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre, passed away at age 111 in a Tulsa hospital surrounded by family. As a seven-year-old child, she witnessed the devastating two-day attack on Greenwood, a prosperous Black community known as Black Wall Street, where a white mob killed hundreds and destroyed over 30 city blocks. After decades of silence due to fear of reprisals, she became an advocate for justice in her later years, testifying before Congress in 2021 and joining a lawsuit seeking reparations that was ultimately dismissed by Oklahoma's Supreme Court.