Thursday, May 20, 2021

Viola Fletcher, 107, survivor of 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre, wants reparations, justice - The Washington Post

…The massacre began on the evening of May 31, 1921, when a White mob descended on Greenwood, shooting Black people indiscriminately and burning more than 1,200 homes, hundreds of Black-owned businesses, churches, schools and a Black-owned hospital. Some survivors saw airplanes dropping turpentine bombs on houses…
https://www.washingtonpost.com/history/2021/05/19/viola-fletcher-tulsa-race-massacre-survivor/

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