Without comment, seven members of the court on Tuesday turned away the request by 110-year-old Viola Fletcher and 109-year-old LessieBenningfieldRandle to rehear its June ruling that upheld a ...
The last two remaining survivors of the historic 1921 assault – Viola Fletcher ("Mother Fletcher") and LessieBenningfieldRandle ("Mother Randle") – have for years called on the federal ...
There are only two living survivors of the massacre, Viola Ford Fletcher, 110, and LessieBenningfieldRandle, 109. Survivor Hughes Van Ellis died last October at 102-years old. Last month the ...