Lessie Benningfield Randle and Viola Ford Fletcher, both 109 years old, went to the Oklahoma Supreme Court on Tuesday afternoon to appeal the dismissal of their lawsuit against the City of Tulsa ...
“I have lived through the massacre every day,” said Viola Fletcher, 107, of the racist violence that killed as many as 300 people. “Our country may forget this history, but I cannot.
Viola Fletcher, 110, and Lessie Benningfield Randle, 109, are the two known survivors who are still alive and filed the lawsuit through their attorney Damario Solomon-Simmons. “It is about time ...