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Viola Fletcher

Viola Fletcher

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Viola Fletcher, also known as Mother Fletcher, is the oldest known survivor of the Tulsa race massacre. One hundred years after the massacre, she testified before Congress about the need for reparations. Wikipedia
Born: 1914 (age 109 years), Comanche, OK
Children: 3
Spouse: Robert Fletcher ​(m. 1932)​
Known for: Oldest known survivor of the Tulsa race massacre
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Jul 3, 2023 · Now, at age 109, Fletcher is releasing a memoir about the life she lived in the shadow of the massacre, after a white mob laid waste to the once ...
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Aug 7, 2023 · In “Don't Let Them Bury My Story,” Viola Fletcher recalls the horrific night in 1921 when America's “Black Wall Street” was burned to the ground ...
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Feb 12, 2024 · At the age of 109, Viola Ford Fletcher wants to make sure the terror of the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre is not forgotten with her new book, "Don't ...
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Aug 25, 2023 · Viola Fletcher was just seven years old when she was forcibly displaced from her hometown of Tulsa, Oklahoma, by an armed mob which ...