On Thursday, Feb. 26, as I pulled into the Nichols Middle School parking lot bright and early, the first thing I saw was Carla Stone, an incredibly ...

Greenwood Rising in Tulsa, Oklahoma, honors Black Wall Street's history and resilience after the 1921 race massacre.

Students at Woodgate Elementary School in Matteson celebrated Black History Month by performing “Remembering Black Wall Street.” ...

We mapped out America’s once thriving yet forgotten Black business districts. Join us in giving them their well-deserved flowers.

A historic Tulsa church that once served as a refuge during the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre is preparing to open a new chapter. Vernon African Methodist Episcopal Church held a ceremonial groundbreaking ...

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The City of Tulsa is mourning the death of Viola Fletcher, widely known as “Mother Fletcher,” who died at the age of 111. She was one of the last two living survivors of the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre.

DALLAS -- Viola Ford Fletcher, who as one of the last survivors of the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre in Oklahoma spent her later years seeking justice for the deadly attack by a white mob on the thriving ...

DALLAS (AP) — Viola Ford Fletcher, who as one of the last survivors of the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre in Oklahoma spent her later years seeking justice for the deadly attack by a white mob on the ...

Viola Ford Fletcher, the oldest survivor of the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre, died at the age of 111 on Monday, in a hospital surrounded by her family, according to her grandson. “Mother Fletcher endured ...