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106 Timeline Facts That’ll Completely Change Your Sense Of History (New Pics)

Time can be surprisingly hard to put into perspective. Cleopatra lived closer to the moon landing than to the building of the Great Pyramids, while Oxford University is older than the Aztec Empire. It honestly doesn’t feel real when you read it, but it’s true. To boggle your mind even…

Bored Panda · Jul 20

Viola Ford Fletcher dead at age 111: One of the last living survivors of the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre passes away

The attack went largely unremembered for decades. In Oklahoma, wider discussions began when the state formed a commission in 1997 to investigate the violence

The Independent UK · Nov 24, 2025

One of the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre's last survivors, Viola Ford Fletcher, dies age 111

One of the last known survivors of the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre in Oklahoma has died

The Independent UK · Nov 24, 2025

The Oklahoma Supreme Court denies a request to reconsider Tulsa Race Massacre lawsuit dismissal

The Oklahoma Supreme Court has rejected a request to reconsider its ruling to dismiss a lawsuit filed by the two known living survivors of the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre

The Independent UK · Sep 11, 2024

The Tulsa race massacre affected the ‘economic freedom’ of generations

The reality of the court’s decision is that there isn’t a number to quantify Black pain for survivors and their lineage

The Guardian - US · Jul 10, 2024

First Thing: Biden to meet Democratic governors in bid to assuage fears

Up to 25 House representatives could call for president to step aside. Plus, US expels more than 100 Chinese migrants

The Guardian - UK · Jul 3, 2024

Tulsa race massacre survivors condemn dismissal of reparations case and urge Biden to act

Lessie Benningfield Randle, 109, and Viola Fletcher, 110, appeal to president after Oklahoma supreme court dismisses historic case

The Guardian - US · Jul 2, 2024

What we know about the lawsuit filed by the last survivors of the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre

Attorneys for the two remaining survivors of the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre say they will petition the Oklahoma Supreme Court for a rehearing in their reparations case

The Independent UK · Jun 13, 2024

Oklahoma supreme court dismisses lawsuit of Tulsa massacre survivors

Lessie Benningfield Randle and Viola Fletcher, the last two survivors of 1921 events, sought to make city pay restitution

The Guardian - US · Jun 12, 2024

Oklahoma court tosses Tulsa race massacre lawsuit that would have forced city to offer reparations to victims

Survivors of the 1921 attack sought justice with a decades-in-the-making legal battle

The Independent UK · Jun 12, 2024