(FILES) This June 1921 handout photo obtained May 19, 2021, courtesy of the Library of Congress shows smoke billowing in the Greenwood neighborhood, during the burning of buildings after the Tulsa Massacre in Tulsa, Oklahoma. The oldest survivor of the Tulsa race massacre, one of the worst episodes of racist violence in US history, has died aged 111, a local official said on November 25, 2025. Viola Fletcher was a child in 1921 when her Black neighborhood of Greenwood in Oklahoma state was torched by white mobs. Historians say as many as 300 African American residents were killed. (Photo by Handout / Library of Congress / AFP) / RESTRICTED TO EDITORIAL USE - MANDATORY CREDIT "AFP PHOTO /THE LIBRARY OF CONGRESS/HANDOUT " - NO MARKETING - NO ADVERTISING CAMPAIGNS - DISTRIBUTED AS A SERVICE TO CLIENTS (Foto: © Handout, AFP/Ritzau Scanpix)
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(FILES) (L-R) Survivors Lessie Benningfield Randle, Viola Fletcher, and Hughes Van Ellis sing together at the conclusion of a rally during commemorations of the 100th anniversary of the Tulsa Race Massacre, in Tulsa, Oklahoma on June 1, 2021. The oldest survivor of the Tulsa race massacre, one of the worst episodes of racist violence in US history, has died aged 111, a local official said on November 25, 2025. Viola Fletcher was a child in 1921 when her Black neighborhood of Greenwood in Oklahoma state was torched by white mobs. Historians say as many as 300 African American residents were killed. (Photo by Brandon Bell / GETTY IMAGES NORTH AMERICA / AFP) (Foto: © Brandon Bell, AFP/Ritzau Scanpix)
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(FILES) Viola Fletcher, the oldest living survivor of the Tulsa Race Massacre, testifies before the Civil Rights and Civil Liberties Subcommittee hearing on "Continuing Injustice: The Centennial of the Tulsa-Greenwood Race Massacre" on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC on May 19, 2021. The oldest survivor of the Tulsa race massacre, one of the worst episodes of racist violence in US history, has died aged 111, a local official said on November 25, 2025. Viola Fletcher was a child in 1921 when her Black neighborhood of Greenwood in Oklahoma state was torched by white mobs. Historians say as many as 300 African American residents were killed. (Photo by JIM WATSON / AFP) (Foto: © Jim Watson, AFP/Ritzau Scanpix)
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