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Tulsa Race Massacre survivor Hughes Van Ellis dies at 102
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Hughes Van Ellis was the youngest known survivor of the Tulsa Race Massacre. He was just 6 months old when he and his family escaped what is widely considered one of the most stark examples of racial violence in American history.
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By Omar Jimenez and Elizabeth Wolfe, CNN (CNN) — Hughes “Uncle Redd” Van Ellis, one of the last three known survivors of the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre, has died, according a family statement. He was 102.
Hughes Van Ellis, who was the youngest known survivor of the Tulsa Race Massacre and who spent his latter years pursuing justice for his family and other
Hughes Van Ellis was the youngest known survivor of the Tulsa Race Massacre. He was just 6 months old when he and his family escaped what is widely considered one of the most stark examples of racial violence in American history.
Only two other survivors of the Tulsa Race Massacre are still alive, Hughes Van Ellis' sister, Viola Ford Fletcher, 109 and Lessie Benningfield Randle, 108.
Ellis was one of the last three known living survivors of the 1921 massacre, one of the worst episodes of racist terrorism in U.S. history. He spent many years advocating for justice for the victims.
Mr. Ellis was one of three known remaining survivors of the massacre, in which a white mob burned down the Greenwood district of Tulsa, Okla., killing as many as 300 Black residents.
Hughes Van Ellis, who was the youngest known survivor of the Tulsa Race Massacre and who spent his latter years pursuing justice for his family and other descendants of the attack on “Black Wall Street,” has died. He was 102.
Hughes Van Ellis, one of the last three known survivors of the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre, died Monday at a veterans' facility in Denver. He was 102. The cause of death was cancer.
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