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Anomaly. having worked on capitol hill for several years, working on policy, what role does the federal government play in righting some of these past wrongs? what should we be doing to encourage the federal government to correct these conditions? >> that's a great question. first we have to start with acknowledgment. so often when you hear from the survivors themselves here in tulsa, they just want to be seen, heard, to really see justice. uncle red testified on capitol hill a little over a week ago. he said, one, we are one. he said i want to see justice before i leave this earth like so man...

We have thousands of documents and documentation of what was actually lost, how much it was valued, who actually is owed. if we cannot win such a clear-cut case here in tulsa, oklahoma, then where can we win in this nation? this is a must win, not only for my community and the survivors in tulsa but for the entire african-american community in the united states of america. >> so briefly tell us, where does the lawsuit stand? i know you accompanied mother fletcher and uncle -- her brother who's 100 years old, you accompanied them to capitol hill. where does the lawsuit stand here in tulsa and w...

“The Legacy of Survival" will be one of the last exhibits shown in the museum's current home.

Jim Watson / AFP via Getty Images Viola Fletcher, the oldest living survivor of the Tulsa massacre, testifies on Capitol Hill on Wednesday. Viola Fletcher is 107 years old, but she can still recall in vivid detail the horror of one night almost a century ago. On May 31, 1921, she was woken up by her terrified parents, who took her and her five siblings and fled their Tulsa home. In the streets, a white mob was attacking the Black community. It was the start of the Tulsa massacre. "I still see Black men being shot and Black bodies lying in the street," Fletcher, the oldest living survivor of...

DAVID BIANCULLI, HOST: This is FRESH AIR. I'm David Bianculli, editor of the website TV Worth Watching, in for Terry Gross. Our guest today is Elton John. He personally selected the tracks for a new eight-CD boxset spanning his career. It includes rarities, demos, B-sides and fan favorites. When Terry spoke with him last year, he had just published a new memoir titled "Me," which took stock of his life and career. He wrote about his childhood, becoming a musician, songwriter and performer, how he realized he was gay after he proposed to woman, how saying yes to a line of cocaine led to addi...