Fletcher dedicated her life to fighting for social justice. Much of her effort focused on bringing reparations for survivors of the massacre, who lost their loved ones and their property when white ...

After over a century, Viola Fletcher is grateful to still be among the living. On May 5, Fletcher, the oldest surviving witness of the Tulsa Race Massacre, celebrated her 110th birthday surrounded by ...

Viola Ford Fletcher was a mere seven years old when she was forced to reckon with hatred and racism in America. The date was May 31. The place was the Greenwood section of Tulsa, Okla., and at the ...

Viola Fletcher, one of the last living survivors of the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre, has passed away. She was 111 years old. Tulsa, Oklahoma Mayor Monroe Nichols announced Fletcher’s death. "Today, our ...

Tulsa Race Massacre survivor Viola Ford Fletcher speaks during an interview with The Associated Press on June 16, 2023, in New York. This month, Fletcher celebrated her 110th birthday. (Photo credit: ...

Viola Ford Fletcher, the oldest living survivor of the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre, died at 111, surrounded by family in a Tulsa hospital. Fletcher was just 7 years old during the attack that destroyed ...

Viola Ford Fletcher, the oldest survivor of the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre, died at the age of 111 on Monday, in a hospital surrounded by her family, according to her grandson. “Mother Fletcher endured ...

Known to many as “Mother Fletcher,” she had been interviewed by the media numerous times in recent years. She, along with other living survivors, had been actively involved in a lawsuit against the ...