The 7th Anniversary of the Mother Emanuel Massacre is on June 17, 2022. In memoriam, a…
October 11, 2023 | Newsbreak
October 11, 2023 | Newsbreak
By Caitlin O’Kane | Newsbreak
Hughes Van Ellis, one of the last remaining survivors of the Tulsa Race Massacre, died on Monday at the age 102, Oklahoma State Rep. Regina Goodwin confirmed to CBS News. Van Ellis, known as “Uncle Redd,” survived the 1921 racist act of terrorism on the city’s thriving Black community in the Greenwood District, which was known as “Black Wall Street.”