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Haunting Tulsa Race Massacre Photos Resurface After Oldest Survivor Dies at 111

The 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre left 300 dead and thousands homeless. Oldest survivor Viola Ford Fletcher's passing brings renewed focus to the tragedy's enduring legacy.

International Business Times UK · Nov 25, 2025

DoJ releases its Tulsa race massacre report over 100 years after initial review

DoJ report acknowledges attack ‘was so systematic and coordinated that it transcended mere mob violence’

The Guardian - US · Jan 10, 2025

Last Survivors Of Tulsa Race Massacre Support Kamala Harris

Survivors of the Tulsa Race Massacre, Lessie Benningfield Randle and Viola Fletcher, endorse Kamala Harris for the 2024 election, emphasizing unity and rac...

Top News · Nov 2, 2024

Tulsa race massacre survivors condemn dismissal of reparations case and urge Biden to act

Lessie Benningfield Randle, 109, and Viola Fletcher, 110, appeal to president after Oklahoma supreme court dismisses historic case

The Guardian - US · Jul 2, 2024

What we know about the lawsuit filed by the last survivors of the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre

Attorneys for the two remaining survivors of the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre say they will petition the Oklahoma Supreme Court for a rehearing in their reparations case

The Independent UK · Jun 13, 2024

Oklahoma supreme court dismisses lawsuit of Tulsa massacre survivors

Lessie Benningfield Randle and Viola Fletcher, the last two survivors of 1921 events, sought to make city pay restitution

The Guardian - US · Jun 12, 2024

Oklahoma court tosses Tulsa race massacre lawsuit that would have forced city to offer reparations to victims

Survivors of the 1921 attack sought justice with a decades-in-the-making legal battle

The Independent UK · Jun 12, 2024

‘Our now-weary bodies have held on’: 109-year-old Tulsa massacre survivors get day in court

Lessie Benningfield Randle and Viola Fletcher are asking the state supreme court to allow their historic lawsuit to proceed

The Guardian - US · Apr 3, 2024

Hughes Van Ellis, who asked for justice over Tulsa Race Massacre, dies at age 102

"Please do not let me leave this earth without justice," Hughes Van Ellis said in 2021, the centennial of the racist violence that destroyed a thriving community once known as Black Wall Street.

WEKU · Oct 10, 2023

Reparations lawsuit filed by last three known survivors of Tulsa Race Massacre is dismissed

Thriving district of Greenwood was looted and burned by an angry mob in 1921 and never recovered

The Independent UK · Jul 9, 2023