From Tulsa to Ghana, Mother Fletcher’s Long Journey Comes to a Close at 111 - MMCxchange https://mmcxchange.com/ Fri, 22 May 2026 11:31:52 -0400 en-US hourly 1 Baltimore Times RSS Hub From Tulsa to Ghana, Mother Fletcher’s Long Journey Comes to a Close at 111 https://mmcxchange.com/detail/from-tulsa-to-ghana-mother-fletchers-long-journey-comes-to-a-close-at-111_1777195173 Fri, 12 Dec 2025 00:00:00 -0500 https://mmcxchange.com/detail/from-tulsa-to-ghana-mother-fletchers-long-journey-comes-to-a-close-at-111_1777195173 From Tulsa to Ghana, Mother Fletcher’s Long Journey Comes to a Close at 111

Mother Viola Fletcher, who carried the memory of Tulsa’s shame and the nation’s unfinished business longer than any other living soul, died on November 24 at age 111. She stood as the oldest known survivor of the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre, the burning of Greenwood, and the attempted erasure of Black prosperity that white mobs tried to silence forever. Tulsa Mayor Monroe Nichols said her death marks a moment of mourning for a city still learning how to reckon with its own truth. “Today, our city mourns…]]>