On May 19, 2021, Viola Fletcher, Hughes Van Ellis, and Lessie Benningfield Randle testified at a House Judiciary Committee hearing to mark the centennial of the Tulsa Race Massacre. The Tulsa Oklahoma Massacre of 1921 was one of the vilest acts of terrorism committed against blacks in America. Predicated on a lie told by Sarah Page On May 31 and June 1 of 1921, hundreds of blacks killed, homes and businesses looted then burned to the ground by a mob of angry white people. The aim was to obliterate the bustling black community, Sarah Page’s false claim was simply the means to that end. The Prominent black community of Greenwood, colloquially known as Black Wall Street was decimated at the behest and in conjunction and coordination with Oklahoma government officials. Black Wall Street was a Model Template for wealth creation and contained all the attributes of a successful self-sustaining community.
