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The massacre, her family had to move. she never completed school beyond the fourth grade. she never as a result of that made a lot of money. the most she has ever done is be a housekeeper. to this day she still has trouble supporting herself financially. she is 107 years old. the centennial commission in tulsa has raised $30 million and not a single penny has given to the three known survivors, chuck. >> i want to put up something jelani cobb wrote that i think was pretty poignant. he said this....

>> welcome back. that was 107-year-old viola fletcher testifying before congress about the tulsa massacre. it was 100 years ago tomorrow that mobs of whites rampaged through the black neighborhood of the city of tulsa. when the shooting and looting by whites was over, hundreds of african-americans were dead and some 35 blocks of the neighborhood was torched including the thriving business district known as the black wall street. our own trymaine lee is in tulsa for us this morning. sadly for man...

Troubled racial history that it sparked. geoff bennett, in my home state of florida, we werent taught about ax handle sunday which was a massacre of african americans in the city of jacksonville. 83% of oklahomans do think without george floyd these commemorations this weekend are as big as they are? >> i think thats a fair assessment. i think the graphic nature of that video that captured george floyds killing, happening during a pandemic where people were isolated and really had nowhere else t...

Panel and well be right back with more from tulsa, but first, well take another look at a tulsa survivor, mother fletcher. she revealed to me her secret to looking so great at 107. youll never guess what it is. onions. >> the onion. raw -- i can eat them cooked, but i like them better raw. >> and just like an apple. >> sure -- oh, i can -- take the outside off of a raw onion and eat it like an apple and bite the onion. yes. >> wow!

Gravesites. until now the city government would never pay for excavation. even though the outside world had never heard of this, there are people in this community whose families survived the massacre and some who didnt, who were trying to tell the story. but they would whisper about it. there was fear of repercussions. there was fear that it could possibly happen again, chris. its amazing that so few of us have heard about this. this community is grappling with the long ripples of those days. >...

Again, chris. it is amazing so few of us have heard about this. this community is still really grappling with the long ripples of those days. >> i want to play some tape from vial of fletcher who is the oldest survivor and who has been active in the campaign for reparations for that event, take a listen. at event >> i am a survivor of the tulsa race massacre. two weeks ago i celebrated my 107th birthday. [applause] today i am visiting washington d.c. for the first time in my life. i am here seek...

Our descendants do not. >> there is a push for reparations, trymaine? >> there is a push, there is a lawyer who is the lawyer for some of the survivors and descendants and they are saying, quite plainly, the root of reparations is repair. so much has been broken in this community that it is in need of repair, those voices are actually getting louder. when you think about that woman 107 years old, and she had to carry around much experience and what her family witnessed for 100 years, and she has...

D.c. for the first time in my life. im here seeking justice and im asking my country to acknowledge what happened in tulsa in 1921. our country may forget this history but i cannot. i will not. and other survivors do not. and our descendants do not. >> there is a push for reparations, trimaine, right? >> there is, there is a lawyer named mario simmons who is the lawyer for some of the survivors and the descendants. theyre saying quite plainly the root of reparations is repair. there is so much t...

Years since a horrific racist massacre in tulsa, oklahoma. while there is no specific threat, officials say the events may be an attractive target for white supremacists. a new cnn film about the tulsa massacre "dreamland" appears this monday. our abby phillip looks at whats being done to compensate the massacres survives and the descendents of other victims. >> how long would you wait for your justice? >> hughes van ellis, viola ford fletcher. these are the last survivors of the 1921 tulsa race...

That was 107-year-old viola fletcher remembering and sharing the memories of one of the worst acts of racial violence in american history. a century ago an angry white mob attacked the greenwood district known as black wall street. they burned businesses to the ground and murdered as many as 300 black people. marking a significant milestone in the cubs lock overdue racial reckoning president biden will travel to tulsa on tuesday and emphasizing the push to recognize some of the most difficult mo...