1921 Tulsa Race Massacre Survivor Passes at 111
Fletcher died at a hospital in Tulsa, Oklahoma, surrounded by her family, according to her grandson Ike Howard, as noted in reports.
In 2021, she testified before Congress, recounting her personal experience of enduring the massacre.
The violent episode spanned two days, beginning on May 31, 1921, following a newspaper story that accused a Black man of assaulting a white woman.
A white mob assembled outside the courthouse where the man was detained, while armed Black Tulsans arrived in an effort to stop a potential lynching. White residents retaliated with violence.
Hundreds of people were killed or wounded when the white mob attacked Greenwood, a prosperous Black neighborhood often called “Black Wall Street” for its thriving Black-owned businesses.
Over 1,200 homes and numerous Black-owned establishments were set ablaze, destroying more than 30 city blocks and erasing decades of economic and social progress.
The precise count of those killed or injured remains uncertain, with estimates varying widely.
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