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Hughes Van Ellis, who was the youngest known survivor of the Tulsa Race Massacre and who spent his latter years pursuing justice for his family and other descendants of the attack on “Black Wall Street,” has died.
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.
FILE - Tulsa Race Massacre survivors Hughes Van Ellis, left, and Lessie Benningfield Randle ride in a carriage at a remembrance walk during centennial commemorations of the Tulsa Race Massacre,
Hearts around the nation are mourning the loss of Hughes Van Ellis, one of the last living survivors of 1921’s Tulsa Race Massacre.
Mr. Ellis was one of three known remaining survivors of the massacre, in which a white mob burned down the Greenwood district of Tulsa, Okla., killing as many as 300 Black residents.