Hughes Van Ellis, survivor of Tulsa Race Massacre, dies at 102
Hughes Van Ellis 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
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Hughes Van Ellis 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
Tulsa, Oklahoma, Race massacre, 1921, Hughes Van Ellis, survivor, 102 years old
Only two other survivors of the Tulsa Race Massacre are still alive, Hughes Van Ellis' sister, Viola Ford Fletcher, 109 and Lessie Benningfield Randle, 108.
Hughes Van Ellis, a survivor of the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre, has passed away at 102 without receiving reparations for the racist atrocities he endured. | TAG24
Only two other survivors of the Tulsa Race Massacre are still alive, Hughes Van Ellis' sister, Viola Ford Fletcher, 109 and Lessie Benningfield Randle, 108.