Viola Fletcher passed away this week and leaves an incredible legacy behind
Ms. Fletcher was the longest living survivor of the infamous 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre. This was an event that had been covered up for decades and only recently came back into national prominence, due in part to the work of Ms. Fletcher. The 2019 HBO show Watchmen began with dramatized scenes from the Tulsa Race Massacre, which led to even more people asking questions about this event.
Ms. Fletcher was just 7-years-old at the time of the incident in which a white mob killed scores of Black people and burned down the thriving Black business district known as Black Wall Street. The aftermath resulted in immediately making thousands of people destitute and homeless.
No one was ever formally held accountable for the death and destruction that occurred.
Ms. Fletcher would go on to give speeches, speak in front of congress, and even wrote a book detailing what she witnessed in the following years after. Her legacy will not be forgotten.
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