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Exploring Fight for Reparations, Racial Justice Across the Country

Oldest Tulsa Massacre Survivor Turns 107 as Fight Against the City Continues According to Tulsa World, Viola Fletcher, who turned 107, is believed to be the oldest survivor of the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre in Oklahoma. According to Justice For Greenwood, “the match to the fuel of racial resentment that was lit on the morning of May 31, 1921,” when a White mob attacked the Greenwood district of Tulsa. Photo credit- Twitter- @dreisenheath NowThis presented a tribute video to Fletcher where personal messages from the likes of actors Danny Glover and Piper Perabo and U.S. Sen. Cory Booker wer...