Article 5J0XE ‘I am seeking justice’: Tulsa massacre survivor, 107, testifies to US Congress

‘I am seeking justice’: Tulsa massacre survivor, 107, testifies to US Congress

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David Smith in Washington
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Viola Fletcher is the oldest survivor of the racist attack on the city's Black Wall Street' in 1921 that left up to 300 dead

For nearly a century she was denied a voice by a culture of silence. Finally, at the age of 107, Viola Fletcher got a national stage on Wednesday to bear witness to America's deep history of racial violence.

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