Hughes Van Ellis, who asked for justice over Tulsa Race Massacre, dies at age 102
"Please do not let me leave this earth without justice," Hughes Van Ellis said in 2021, the centennial of the racist violence that destroyed a thriving community once known as Black Wall Street.
He was one of the last known living survivors of one of the worst events in U.S. history: the Tulsa Race Massacre, when mobs of white people waged an all-out assault on a thriving Black community.
Hughes Van Ellis died on Monday at age 102. He spent decades seeking compensation for the massacre — for himself, his family and his community.
"Please do, testifying on Capitol Hill in a hearing to mark the centennial of the racist attack.
