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Viola Fletcher

1914–2025

United States

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Viola Fletcher (née Ford; May 10, 1914 – November 24, 2025), also known as Mother Fletcher, was an American woman who, at the time of her death, was the oldest known living survivor of the Tulsa race massacre and a supercentenarian. One hundred years after the massacre, in May of 2021, she testified before Congress about the need for reparations.

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