Tulsa Race Massacre survivors call on US President, the Department of Justice for justice

TULSA, Okla. (KTUL) — The two remaining survivors of the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre and their legal team are responding publicly for the first time since the Oklahoma Supreme Court dismissed their historic lawsuit on June 12. Despite facing pushback, the last two survivors 110-year-old Viola Fletcher and 109-year-old Lessie Benningfield Randle are continuing their fight for reparations. It’s been 103 years since the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre destroyed an entire community, burned homes and businesses to the ground and killed hundreds. The massacre is deemed one of the worst incidents of racial violence in U.S. history, yet no court has held a trial addressing the massacre and no perpetrator has been held accountable for it. It’s been a long fight. At 110 and 109 years old Mother Fletcher and Mother Randle shared a joint statement saying: We are profoundly disappointed in the Oklahoma Supreme Court’s decision to reject our lawsuit and are deeply saddened that we may not live long enough to see the State of Oklahoma, or the United States of America, honestly confront and right the wrongs of one of the darkest days of American history. But they are not giving up. After being dismissed by the...