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Lessie Benningfield Randle, the last known Tulsa Race Massacre survivor, turns 112
Lessie Benningfield Randle, the last known survivor, marked 112 years as historians say more than 1,000 Greenwood homes and businesses were destroyed in 1921.
- Benningfield Randle, affectionately known as "Mother Randle," turned 112 on Tuesday, marking a milestone for the last known living survivor of the Tulsa Race Massacre in Oklahoma.
- The massacre occurred 105 years ago in Tulsa's Greenwood neighborhood, once known as Black Wall Street, where historians believe as many as 300 people died during the violence.
- Testifying to Congress on Capitol Hill in 2021, Randle described the 18-hour period as a war, telling lawmakers, "White men with guns came and destroyed my community."
- Randle is now the sole remaining survivor from the group that testified to Congress; fellow survivors Hughes Van Ellis died in 2023 at 102, and Viola Fletcher died in 2025 at 111.
- Fletcher previously stated, "I will never forget the violence of the white mob when we left our home," underscoring how survivor testimony preserves the historical record of the Tulsa Race Massacre.
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Lessie Benningfield Randle, the last known Tulsa Race Massacre survivor, turns 112
The last known living survivor of the Tulsa Race Massacre celebrated a big milestone this week. Lessie Benningfield Randle, who is affectionately known as "Mother Randle," turned 112 on Wednesday.
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