tulsa race riots

Viola Fletcher, Oldest Living Survivor Of Tulsa Race Massacre, Dies At 111

The Greenwood native, one of the last living survivors, turned personal terror into testimony, demanding recognition, reparations and a full accounting of 1921.
11/25/2025

Oldest Living Tulsa Race Massacre Survivor Viola Ford Fletcher Publishes Memoir

Out of fear, she never spoke about what she witnessed as a 7-year-old child.
07/05/2023
Viola Fletcher, Lessie Benningfield Randle, and Hughes Van Ellis on BET Buzz 2021
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Three Remaining Survivors Of Tulsa Race Massacre To Receive $300K

The trio recently testified before Congress.
06/07/2021

Tulsa Mass Grave Excavation Finds Five Coffins Thought To Be 1921 Massacre Victims

A total of 20 coffins have been found so far.
06/04/2021
President Joe Biden on BET Buzz 2021
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Joe Biden Visits Tulsa On The 100th Anniversary To Remember Those Who Suffered, And Still Do

"This was not a riot. This was a massacre."
06/02/2021

Biden Comes To Tulsa To Remember Those Who Suffered in the 1921 Massacre, And Still Do

The president addressed the horror of a century ago.
06/01/2021

Why So Many Tulsa Residents Wrestle With Remembering And Commemorating The 1921 Massacre

Residents continue to grapple with the history.
06/01/2021

The Tulsa Race Massacre 100 Years Later: Why Descendants Are Demanding Reparations For The Racial Terrorism Their Ancestors Faced

Descendants of the victims explain why restitution is owed.
05/31/2021
A Tragic History

The 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre: Images of A Community In Terror

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Tulsa Race Massacre on BET Buzz 2021
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The 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre: An American Terror

The devastation was sparked by vicious racism.
05/31/2021

Rediscovering Black Wall Street: New Film Reaches Back Into Tulsa’s Once Thriving Business District

Filmmaker Nailah Jefferson looks at the Greenwood District.
05/28/2021