Hughes Van Ellis, one of the last known survivors of the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre, passed away at the age of 102 in Denver, Colorado, leaving behind two other survivors, Viola Ford Fletcher, 109 and Lessie Benningfield Randle, 108.
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Hughes Van Ellis, one of the last known survivors of the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre, passed away at the age of 102 in Denver, Colorado, leaving behind two other survivors, Viola Ford Fletcher, 109 and Lessie Benningfield Randle, 108.