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The three remaining survivors of the 1921 Tulsa, Oklahoma Race Massacre were given a $100,000 each by the Justice for Greenwood Foundation.

With the national spotlight off Tulsa following substantial media coverage of the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre centennial anniversary and President Joe Biden's

By Cherranda Smith Jun 4, 2021 Three living survivors of the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre are set to be gifted $100,000 each from the Justice for Greenwood Foundation. The survivors and recipients of the Foundation’s gift, Mother Viola Fletcher, Mother Lessie Benningfield Randle, and Hughes Van Ellis recently testified before Congress asking lawmakers to acknowledge the reality of racial violence in America and to make adequate reparations.  “This gift for the survivors of the Tulsa massacre shows that we have the power to demand justice for Black communities in Tulsa and all across the ...

Biden is helping commemorate the deaths of hundreds of Black people killed by a white mob a century ago, his visit coming amid a national reckoning on racial justice.

Joe Biden on Tuesday became the first sitting U.S. president to visit the site in Tulsa, Oklahoma, where hundreds of Black Americans were massacred by