107-year-old Tulsa Massacre Survivor Demands Justice For 300 Black Victims

Survivors of the 1921 Tulsa massacre are seeking justice from Congress — 100 years after a white mob destroyed their all-Black community.⁣ ⁣ Viola Fletcher was 7 on May 31, 1921, when a white mob attacked Tulsa’s Greenwood district, known as “Black Wall Street,“ and killed hundreds of people. She is now 107: ⁣ ⁣ “I still see Black men being shot, Black bodies lying in the street.“⁣ ⁣ Fletcher and two other survivors — her brother Hughes “Uncle Red“ Vann Ellis and 106-year-old Lessie Benningfield Randle, spoke to a House Judiciary subcommittee in a new push for reparations, holding the city of Tulsa directly responsible.⁣ ⁣ The 1921 attack saw the white mob kill up to 300 Black people and burn hundreds of homes in Greenwood. Some survivors recall airplanes dropping bombs.⁣ ⁣ The attack left about 10,000 people homeless. For decades, it was widely ignored by newspapers and history books.&#