TULSA, Okla. (KTUL) — Lessie Benningfield Randle, one of the last two living survivors of the Tulsa Race Massacre of 1921, celebrated her 109th birthday surrounded by family and friends. The Saturday ...
Tulsa Race Massacre survivor Viola Ford Fletcher speaks during an interview with The Associated Press on June 16, 2023, in New York. This month, Fletcher celebrated her 110th birthday. (Photo credit: ...
Outside a two-story Little Elm home, a celebration was brewing from afar. A food truck stood outside and gold letters spelling out “happy birthday” were strewn on the front lawn alongside signs of ...
Randle celebrated her birthday Nov. 10, amid a DOJ probe into the 1921 attack. Lessie Benningfield Randle, known as "Mother Randle," is one of the last two known living survivors of the Tulsa Race ...
LITTLE ELM — Viola Ford Fletcher sat on a leather couch dressed in her favorite color, yellow. Inside the Little Elm home, the elderly woman greeted what looked like a receiving line of family, ...
Lessie Benningfield Randle survived the Tulsa race massacre of 1921. Her lawyers are making what they say is a final bid to keep her case alive. By Audra D. S. Burch Audra D.S. Burch writes about race ...