Tulsa Race Massacre Descendant Talks Death Of Hughes Van Ellis, One Of Its Last Remaining Survivors
On Monday, Hughes Van Ellis-one of the very last survivors of the Tulsa Race Massacre-died at the age of 102. Van Ellis, who went by Uncle Redd," survived the 1921 harrowing act of terrorism that destroyed Black Wall Street" in Tulsa. A white mob descended on the neighborhood, with around between 75 and 300 Black...