The Tulsa Race Massacre is now considered one of the worst racially violent events in American History where as many as 300 Black people died, 10,000 homeless and the all-Black community of Greenwood was destroyed.
107 yr-old Viola Fletcher, her 100-year-old brother, Hughes “Uncle Red” Van Ellis, and a third survivor, 106-year-old Lessie Benningfield Randle, appeared before the subcommittee in washington to push for reparations for the horrific event which they believe Oklahoma and Tulsa are responsible for.
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