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Hughes Van Ellis, a World War II veteran and the youngest known Tulsa Race Massacre survivor, died in hospice Monday. He was 102 years old.

Hughes "Uncle Redd" Van Ellis, one of the last three known survivors of the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre, has died, according a family statement. He was 102.

Hearts around the nation are mourning the loss of Hughes Van Ellis, one of the last living survivors of 1921’s Tulsa Race Massacre.

Hughes Van Ellis, the youngest known survivor of the Tulsa Race Massacre, spent his latter years pursuing justice for his family and other descendants of the attack.

Hughes Van Ellis was the youngest known survivor of the Tulsa Race Massacre. He was just 6 months old when he and his family escaped what is widely considered one of the most stark examples of racial violence in American history.