At 7, she bore witness to one of American history’s most violent spasms of racial violence. She was 106 when the nation reckoned with the crime.
#ViolaFletcher in 2023. The Greenwood neighborhood of #Tulsa #Oklahoma that became known as “Black Wall Street” took years to build — and one night of violence to destroy in the #TulsaRaceMassacre of 1921 /Mary Altaffer/AP
#DontLetThemBuryMyStory: The Oldest Living Survivor of the #TulsaRaceMassacre In Her Own Words | Literati Bookstore
Tulsa Race Massacre Survivor Viola Ford Fletcher Dies At 111 https://shinemycrown.com/tulsa-race-massacre-survivor-viola-ford-fletcher-dies-at-111/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon #TulsaRaceMassacre #ViolaFordFletcher #BlackHistory #CivilRights #SurvivorStories
Viola Fletcher, who lived through the horror of the 1921 Tulsa race massacre and carried its memory for more than a century, has died at 111. https://english.mathrubhumi.com/news/world/oldest-survivor-of-tulsa-race-massacre-viola-fletcher-dies-at-111-pyyrjlm1?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon #TulsaRaceMassacre #ViolaFletcher #Survivor #RacialViolence
Viola Ford Fletcher, one of last survivors of Tulsa race massacre, dies aged 111 https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/nov/24/viola-ford-fletcher-tulsa-race-massacre-death #Tulsaracemassacre #BlackUSculture #Oklahoma #USnews #Race
In sad news as a page in #history turns.
> Viola Ford Fletcher, the oldest living survivor of the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre, has died
https://www.whatimreading.net/p/viola-ford-fletcher-tulsa-dead
#BlackHistory #RIP #racism #bigotry #TulsaRaceMassacre #BlackMastodon
#ViolaFletcher, who as a child in 1921 saw her affluent Black neighborhood torched by white citizens in what became known as the #TulsaRaceMassacre — one of the most violent acts of racial violence in #AmericanHistory — & who, a century later, testified in #Congress to the terror she witnessed in the hope of winning #reparations, has died. She was 111 & the oldest survivor of the attack.
#UShistory #BlackHistory #WhiteSupremacy
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/11/24/us/viola-fletcher-dead.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share
Viola Ford Fletcher, one of the last known survivors of the Tulsa Race Massacre, died today at age 111. After decades of silence for fear of reprisals, she wrote a book about her experiences, "Don't Let Them Bury My Story," which was published in 2023. “I could never forget the charred remains of our once-thriving community, the smoke billowing in the air, and the terror-stricken faces of my neighbors,” she wrote. Here's more from @AssociatedPress.
#ViolaFordFletcher #MotherFletcher #Tulsa #TulsaRaceMassacre #History #USHistory #InMemoriam #RIP #BlackHistory #BlackMastodon
An important story told with baffling inconsistency. Greenwood Rising gestures at history but never quite grasps it—turning the rise of Black Wall Street into a collage of anachronisms, stock footage, and missed opportunities. The real Greenwood deserved more care, more clarity, and far more weight.
#GreenwoodRising #BlackWallStreet #TulsaHistory #FilmReview #HistoricalCinema #TulsaRaceMassacre #BlackHistory #CinemaCritique #IndieFilm #ReconstructionEra
https://pablohoneyfish.wordpress.com/2025/11/22/greenwood-rising-the-rise-of-black-wall-street-2024/
'Walters (from an Oklahoma House of Representatives video): The teachers’ union—I don’t negotiate with the #teachers’ union. They’re a #terrorist organization that has continued—
(Crowd noise.)
Man: Members. Members.
Rosin: Another time Walters got a lot of attention was when he said teachers could cover the 1921 #TulsaRaceMassacre, where white Tulsans slaughtered hundreds of #Black people, but they should not, quote, “say that the skin color determined it.”'
#Education
An effort to expand access to a state scholarship to more #TulsaRaceMassacre descendants stalls.
Also: Wooley is a little whiny bitch.
After More Than 100 Years Tulsa Race Massacre Officially Acknowledged As A ‘Coordinated, Military-Style Attack’ https://shinemycrown.com/after-more-than-100-years-tulsa-race-massacre-officially-acknowledged-as-a-coordinated-military-style-attack/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon #TulsaRaceMassacre #BlackHistory #MilitaryStyleAttack #SocialJustice #HistoricalAcknowledgment
>>At least one House Republican from Oklahoma is hesitant to outright endorse the existing legislation.
Rep. Kevin Hern, whose district covers part of Tulsa and who serves as policy chair of the House Republican Conference, has some preliminary concerns.
“Congressman Hern has heard many concerns from constituents in the community with the bill as it’s currently written,” <<
#TulsaRaceMassacre #NationalMonument #OklahomaWatch #Oklahoma #Tulsa #KevinHern #USPol
https://oklahomawatch.org/2025/06/05/bill-to-make-the-tulsa-race-massacre-site-a-national-monument-faces-uncertain-future/
Tulsa, Oklahoma's first Black mayor wants to create a $100 million trust to help descendants of one of the worst racial attacks in U.S. history. Mayor Monroe Nichols outlined his plan on Sunday, the anniversary of the Tulsa Race Massacre. https://bit.ly/3ZI8CzW #tulsaracemassacre #blackwallstreet #greenwood
Tulsa’s new mayor proposes $100m trust to repair effects of 1921 race massacre https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/jun/02/tulsa-100-million-trust-1921-race-massacre #Tulsaracemassacre #Oklahoma #USnews
On #ThisDayInHistory in 1921, the #TulsaRaceMassacre began. Residents of #Greenwood gathered to prevent a #lynching and faced a deputized racist mob. 35 square blocks were burnt down and up to 300 murdered, wrecking #BlackWallStreet, the most prosperous black community in the US.
Have you heard of the Tulsa Race Massacre? A new historical fiction novel tackles the riot that took place in 1921 and the subsequent fallout. Excellent book--my review: #Bookthreads #Booksky #BookBlogger #TulsaRaceMassacre #BIPOC #RaceRiots #TheFillingStation #NetGalley #ARCReview #RaceRelations
A little more than 100 years ago, a white mob barrelled through a prosperous Black community in Tulsa, Oklahoma, burning buildings and killing 30 to 300 people. Now, the Greenwood Rising museum is educating the public about that dark piece of history. https://bit.ly/42Mq5cS #BlackWallStreet #TulsaRaceMassacre
People from all over the world are visiting the Greenwood Rising museum in Tulsa, Oklahoma, to learn the story of the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre. Contributor Justice B. Hill has details. https://bit.ly/42Mq5cS #TulsaRaceMassacre #Greenwood #BlackWallStreet
