Without comment, seven members of the court on Tuesday turned away the request by 110-year-old Viola Fletcher and 109-year-old Lessie Benningfield Randle to rehear its June ruling that upheld a ...
The last two remaining survivors of the historic 1921 assault – Viola Fletcher ("Mother Fletcher") and Lessie Benningfield Randle ("Mother Randle") – have for years called on the federal ...
There are only two living survivors of the massacre, Viola Ford Fletcher, 110, and Lessie Benningfield Randle, 109. Survivor Hughes Van Ellis died last October at 102-years old. Last month the ...
Simmons, and Democratic Texas Rep. Al Green spoke out during a press conference on Thursday afternoon after their meeting ...