She left her words in the archives of Oklahoma State University through oral histories that insisted history would not escape the sound of her voice. Her labor began early. During World War II, she ...
Mother Viola Fletcher, who carried the memory of Tulsa’s shame and the nation’s unfinished business longer than any other living soul, died on November 24 at age 111. She stood as the oldest known ...
She spent that long life fighting for justice that too many leaders tried to bury along with the bodies from Black Wall Street. In Greenwood, she was a child watching terror reshape a world that had ...
In Greenwood, she was a child watching terror reshape a world that had promised her nothing but possibility. For more than a century, she bore witness so the country could never again pretend not to ...
Mother Viola Fletcher, who carried the memory of Tulsa’s shame and the nation’s unfinished business longer than any other living soul, died on November 24 at age 111. She stood as the oldest known ...
She stood as the oldest known survivor of the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre, the burning of Greenwood, and the attempted erasure of Black prosperity that white mobs tried to silence forever. Tulsa Mayor ...
By Stacy M. Brown Black Press USA Senior National Correspondent Mother Viola Fletcher, who carried the memory of Tulsa’s ...
She left her words in the archives of Oklahoma State University through oral histories that insisted history would not escape the sound of her voice. Her labor began early. During World War II, she ...
By Stacy M. Brown Black Press USA Senior National Correspondent Black Friday arrives this year in a country wrestling with ...
Alderman Russell W. Stamper, II invites residents to the 7th Annual Breaking Bread Thanksgiving Day Feast TOMORROW – Thursday, November 27 from 12:00 – 3:00 PM at N. 35th and […] ...
Her legacy will be carried forward with the courage and conviction she modeled every day of her life,” Nichols said. Mother Fletcher’s mission reached the halls of Congress when she demanded ...
Their citizenship ceremony became more than a celebration. It became a reminder that the diaspora carries stories the world still needs to hear, and that the road home is long but never closed.
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