Hughes Van Ellis, a survivor of the 1920 Tulsa Race Massacre, died on Monday. He was 102 years old. Van Ellis was one of three remaining survivors of the massacre, along with his sister, Viola Fletcher. Van Ellis was only a baby when a mob of white Tulsans began burning homes and businesses in Greenwood,…
Hughes Van Ellis, who was the youngest known survivor of the Tulsa Race Massacre and who spent his latter years pursuing justice for his family and other descendants of the attack on “Black Wall Street,” has died. He was 102.
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