The Embassy of the Diaspora Affairs Foundation (DAF) has announced the passing of Queen Mother Viola Ford Fletcher, affectionately remembered as a symbol of resilience and a living testimony of one of ...

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 ...

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 ...

Viola Ford Fletcher, affectionately known as Mother Viola, passed away at the age of 111. Fletcher fought to bring light to the story of the Tulsa Race Massacre. She published a memoir in 2023 and ...

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.

Viola Fletcher, one of the last two known survivors of the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre and a plaintiff in a symbolic lawsuit seeking reparations for the attack - one of the worst episodes of racial ...

Viola Ford Fletcher, who as one of the last survivors of the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre in Oklahoma spent her later years ...

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 ...