The Story Of Greenwood Will Survive Any Court Decision - The Oklahoma Eagle

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The Story Of Greenwood Will Survive Any Court Decision - The Oklahoma Eagle

LOCAL & STATE Deon Osborne (TOP) Viola Ford Fletcher and (BOTTOM) Lessie Benningfield Randle, 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre Survivors. Ilustration, The Oklahoma Eagle During the 100th anniversary of the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre, Viola Ford Fletcher’s voice didn’t crack while seated before the U.S. House of Representatives, describing the violence of the white mob in her childhood community of Greenwood, the Tulsa, Oklahoma district, known as Blac…