Last survivor of Tulsa Race Massacre, Hughes Van Ellis, dies at 102
Hughes Van Ellis, one of the last survivors of the 1921 race massacre in Tulsa, Oklahoma, has passed away at the age of 102. Ellis, along with his sister Viola Fletcher and another survivor, sued the city of Tulsa for reparations for the deadly act of racial violence. The lawsuit, seeking a 99-year tax holiday for descendants of the massacre victims, was dismissed in July but is currently being appealed. The Tulsa race massacre resulted in the destruction of the prosperous African American neighborhood of Greenwood, also known as Black Wall Street, and the deaths of hundreds of Black residents.
