We have her full obituary HERE. A public memorial service will be held at noon on Saturday at the Bartlesville Community Center.

TULSA, Okla. — Celebration of life services have been set for Mother Viola Ford Fletcher, who passed away Monday. A service will be held at the Greenwood Cultural Center, located at 322 North ...

Viola Ford Fletcher, the oldest living survivor of the Tulsa Race Massacre, died at 111 years old Monday, her grandson Ike Howard told CNN.

The great shame of Viola Fletcher’s passing this week is that she never witnessed justice served for what was done over two ...

Ghanaian multi-Grammy-nominee and cultural ambassador Rocky Dawuni is paying tribute to Viola Ford Fletcher, the oldest ...

The fact that she died without any meaningful redress — not for herself, her family, or her community — isn’t just a ...

One of the last living survivors of the Tulsa Race Massacre, Viola Ford Fletcher, has died at the age of 111.Despite being ...

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One of the last known survivors of the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre in Oklahoma has died. Viola Ford Fletcher was 111. Her ...

Viola Fletcher, who survived the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre and spent decades advocating for justice, has died at age 111.

Two dozen schoolgirls who were kidnapped from a boarding school in Nigeria’s northwestern Kebbi state last week have been ...