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 people being killed.

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