One of 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre’s last survivors dies at age 111

Summary:

– Fletcher was 7 during the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre , living through Black Wall Street ‘s destruction.

– She spent decades seeking justice and reparations for survivors.

– Her life included WWII work as a shipyard welder and raising a family.

DALLAS — Viola Ford Fletcher, who as one of the last survivors of the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre in Oklahoma spent her later years seeking justice for the deadly attack by a white mob on the thriving Black community where she lived as a child, has died. She was 111.

Her grandson Ike Howard said Monday that she died surrounded by family at a Tulsa hospital. Sustained by a strong faith, she raised three children, worked as a welder in a shipyard during World War II and spent decades caring for families as a housekeeper.

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