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International Business Times UK
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Trisha Kae Andrada

Viola Fletcher, Oldest Tulsa Race Massacre Survivor, Dies at 111: America's Darkest Racial Tragedy Revisited

Viola Ford Fletcher, the oldest known survivor of the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre, has died at the age of 111. The announcement came from Tulsa Mayor Monroe Nichols on Monday, 24 November. In a heartfelt Facebook tribute, Nichols said: 'Mother Fletcher carried 111 years of truth, resilience, and grace ... She never stopped advocating for justice.'

Fletcher's passing leaves Lessie Evelyn Benningfield Randle, also 111, as the only remaining witness to one of the darkest chapters in American history.

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