Last Survivor of Tulsa Race Massacre, Hughes Van Ellis, Passes Away at 102
Hughes "Uncle Redd" Van Ellis, one of the last known survivors of the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre, has passed away at the age of 102. Ellis, along with his sister and another survivor, had been fighting for reparations for the destruction caused by the massacre. The siblings' lawsuit against the City of Tulsa was dismissed in July, but they have appealed the decision. Ellis, a World War II veteran, died "waiting on justice," according to his grandnephew. The Tulsa Race Massacre was one of the deadliest acts of racial violence in US history, resulting in the deaths of hundreds of Black residents and the destruction of their homes and businesses.