Viola Fletcher, the oldest survivor of the infamous 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre in which affluent black neighborhoods were burned to the ground by white racists, has died at the age of 111.
The Tulsa Race Massacre might have happened 104 years ago, but innocent people must still pay, according to Tulsa’s Mayor Monroe Nichols IV, who was just elected in November.
An op-ed attributed to actor Tom Hanks published by the New York Times urges Americans to “learn the truth about the Tulsa race massacre.”
An Oklahoma event to mark the 100th anniversary of the Tulsa Massacre, which was set to feature a performance by John Legend and a speech by Stacey Abrams, has been canceled after organizers failed to reach costly financial demands from survivors.
