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RIP Viola Ford Fletcher

She was the last survivor of the Tulsa Race Massacre. She died at the age of 111 on November 24.

For years, she never talked about what happened, out of fear of retaliation. But she testified before Congress in 2021. And she published a memoir.

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cherokeepatti · 61-69, F
I live in Oklahoma and heard this on the news this morning. Someone who was with her before she passed said she wasn’t acting like someone who was ready to leave yet
I’m grateful that she lived to see President Obama. And so sorry that she saw him followed by President Trump. 😞
Convivial · 26-30, F
Thanks for that timely reminder...
4meAndyou · F
I had never heard of this incident before! Something I would believe had happened in Mississippi or Alabama...so shameful!!!
DrWatson · 70-79, M
@4meAndyou I sure never learned about it in school, either.
4meAndyou · F
@DrWatson I suspect that a LOT of very shameful things are hidden from us.
JimboSaturn · 56-60, M
Her book will probably get banned soon.
22Michelle · 70-79, T
The USA's shame needs to be remembered!
When are us Natives going to get our day in Congress?

 
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