One Of The Last Known Survivors Of The Tulsa Race Massacre Has Died

One Of The Last Known Survivors Of The Tulsa Race Massacre Has Died

Essence Magazine:

By Melissa Noel ·Updated October 11, 2023

One of the last survivors of the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre, Hughes “Uncle Redd” Van Ellis, has died. He was 102 years old. 

According to a statement shared with ESSENCE, the World War II Veteran and author passed away

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