*(CNN) — Hughes Van Ellis, one of the last three known survivors of the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre, has died, according to his grandnephew, Ike Howard. He was 102. “He died waiting on justice,” Howard told CNN. Ellis was just a few months old when he […]
Victims of the Tulsa Race Massacre are one step closer to being compensated for the devastation and lingering effects of the deadly 1921 racial attack. An Oklahoma judge has denied part of the most recent motion by the defendants to dismiss the reparations lawsuit, filed […]
The fallout from the Tulsa Race Massacre is still hurting Black homeownership and wealth-building to this day, according to a National Bureau of Economic Research study. The 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre was one of the most violent incidents of racial violence in American history, causing an estimated $47 […]
Viola “Mother” Fletcher and Hughes “Uncle Red” Van Ellis, sibling survivors of the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre, and their grandchildren were welcomed into Ghana on Saturday to kick off their week-long visit to the African country. According to Paris-based France 24, the trip is part of a […]
For the 100-year commemoration of the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre, maestra, a black-female owned creative social impact agency, curated spaces and places to pay homage to the descendants of Black Wall Street, educate storytellers on the history of the Greenwood District, and to create momentum around […]
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