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Viola Ford Fletcher, Tulsa Race Massacre
November 24, 2025
Viola Fletcher, one of two living survivors of the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre, has died at the age of 111…
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June 2, 2025
The plan would not provide direct cash payments to descendants or the last two survivors of the attack that nearly…
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April 25, 2025
"The Greenwood Ave Project" documentary revisits the 1921 Tulsa massacre, illuminating the past and powering the future of Black Wall…
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November 11, 2024
Fondly known as "Mother Randle," Lessie Benningfield Randle, one of two living survivors of the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre, turned…
1921 Tulsa Race Massacre, DOJ investigation, theGrio.com
October 1, 2024
The announcement of a first-ever federal probe into the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre was embraced by descendants of survivors.
June 12, 2024
The survivors of the attack sued in 2020 with the hope of seeing what their attorney called “justice in their…
Attorney Damario Solomon-Simmons speaks at a press conference with survivors of the Tulsa Race Massacre
April 3, 2024
The Oklahoma Supreme Court heard oral arguments from attorneys representing the last two living survivors of the 1921 Tulsa Race…
November 11, 2023
Tulsa Race Massacre survivors may lean on the U.S. Congress if the Oklahoma Supreme Court does not reverse a lower…
Actors Lily Gladstone and Leonardo DiCaprio in "Killers of the Flower Moon"
October 26, 2023
Martin Scorsese's epic about the killings of the Osage people exposes another lost chapter in America's dark past.
Hughes Van Ellis - Tulsa Race Massacre
October 10, 2023
Hughes Van Ellis, one of the last living survivors of the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre, passed away Monday in Denver,…
1921 Tulsa Race Massacre, DOJ investigation, theGrio.com
August 17, 2023
The Oklahoma Supreme Court will consider a reparations case from survivors of the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre after a lower…
1921 Tulsa Race Massacre, DOJ investigation, theGrio.com
August 16, 2023
Oklahoma says it won't discuss a settlement with survivors who are seeking reparations for the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre and…
August 8, 2023
Attorneys seeking reparations for three living survivors of the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre filed an appeal in the case with…
Tulsa Race Massacre Survivor Viola Ford Fletcher, theGrio.com
July 4, 2023
At 109, Viola Ford Fletcher is releasing a memoir about the life she lived in the shadow of the 1921…
May 31, 2023
White House Correspondent April Ryan speaks with Tulsa descendant, Chief Egunwale Amusan on the 1921 Tulsa Massacre and its ramifications.
April 13, 2023
A forensic anthropologist believes investigators are a step closer to identifying victims of the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre.
November 20, 2022
Tulsa Mayor G.T. Bynum said he considers the entire cemetery to be a mass grave of Tulsa Race Massacre victims.
November 12, 2022
The first remains with gunshot wounds were found in June 2021 and are now undergoing DNA analysis in Utah.
Mother Randle and other survivors of the Tulsa Race Massacre
November 11, 2022
"Mother" Lessie Benningfield Randle, one of the 1921 massacre's last three survivors, celebrated her 108th birthday on Thursday.
Tulsa race massacre
November 3, 2022
Researchers have uncovered 21 additional graves in their search for the remains of victims from the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre.