Viola Fletcher, the oldest survivor of the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre, which claimed the lives of 300 people and seared an ugly memory for generations of Black Oklahomans and Black America, has passed ...
Known as "Mother Fletcher," the 111-year-old was just 7 when a two-day attack led by a White mob began in Tulsa's Greenwood neighborhood on May 31, 1921 Charlotte Phillipp is a Weekend Writer-Reporter ...
A century after a White mob destroyed her prosperous Black community in 1921, she became a plaintiff in a symbolic lawsuit ...
(CNN) — Viola Ford Fletcher, the oldest living survivor of the Tulsa Race Massacre, died at 111 years old Monday, her grandson Ike Howard told CNN. “She had a beautiful smile on her face,” Howard said ...
Oklahoma will come together on Nov. 29 to honor the life of Viola "Mother" Fletcher, one of the last survivors of the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre.
One of the last known survivors of the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre in Oklahoma has died. Viola Ford Fletcher was 111.
Family, community members, and city leaders gathered in Tulsa and Bartlesville to honor Viola Ford Fletcher, the oldest known ...
Viola Ford Fletcher, the oldest survivor of the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre, has died at the age of 111, Tulsa Mayor Monroe Nichols announced Monday. "Today, our city mourns the loss of Mother Viola ...
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 ...
TULSA, Okla. — A Tulsa icon and one of only two known remaining survivors of the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre passed away at the age of 111. FOX23 was there earlier this year when Mother Viola Fletcher ...
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