Tulsa Race Massacre Survivors Testify
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- Опубликовано: 18 май 2021
- Three Tulsa Race Massacre Survivors Viola Fletcher, Hughes Van Ellis and Lessie Benningfield Randle, testify at a House Judiciary Committee hearing to mark the centennial of the Tulsa Race Massacre - when a white mob attacked residents, homes and businesses in a predominantly Black neighborhood of Tulsa, OK. Full video here: www.c-span.org/video/?511795-...
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This woman is 107 years old and still seems to have her faculties. Blessed woman.
Talk about something that happened a century ago off the top of your head and sound coherent smdh of course they are reading from a script. It's called tell us your thoughts and we will make it make sense to the public.
She was at Custer's Last Stand?
all elderly are not senile. duh
@@survivortechharold6575 All elderly aren't 107 either.
She lived to tell, for a reason
We got to get it together. This is literally our ancestors talking to us right out the history books. I hope this reaches all black folks that didn’t know about this and more to tell.
Yes Sir : )
@James Kimp, I was thinking the same thing!!!
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EXACTLY RIGHT! WE HAVE TO MAKE AND ACKNOWLEDGE" THIS AS A PIVOTAL MOMENT! TO SAY GOD BE WITH US" BECAUSE WE HAVE FAITH" THAT GOD HELPS THOSE WHO HELPS THEMSELVES! AND WE PRAY" THAT GOD WILL SHOW US THE WAY! AND PROTECT US! IN THE BATTLE FOR RIGHTEOUSNESS! AND JUSTICE! AND GIVE OUR OPPRESSORS A CHANCE TO REPENT! AND DO THE RIGHT" THING! HALLELUJAH! AND HAVE MERCY UPON THEIR SOULS! IF THEY DO CHOOSE" TO BE WORTHY OF YOUR FORGIVENESS" AND MERCY! IN JESUS NAME AMEN! AND GOD HELP US ALL BECAUSE LIKE SISTER SLEDGE SAID" LIKE IT OR NOT! WE ARE FAMILY" BECAUSE IF ONE OF OUR WHITE BROTHERS OR SISTERS" NEEDED A BLOOD TRANSFUSION!? TO STAY ALIVE! I AM WILLING TO BET" THEY WOULDN'T TURN DOWN" THE BLOOD THAT THEY NEED" FROM THE PEOPLE THAT THEY UNJUSTIFIABLY HATE! AND PUNISH" JUST FOR EXISTING! NOW JUST THINK ABOUT THAT🤔 MY WHITE SISTERS AND BROTHERS! AND GO SOUL SEARCHING" AND I PITY THE FOOL THAT DOESN'T FIND ONE! SO LET ME HEAR THE PEOPLE SAY" AMEN! AND GOOD LUCK WITH THAT! IT'S A NEW DAY! AND I WOULDN'T WANT TO BE CAUGHT ON THE WRONG SIDE OF RIGHT! IN ANYWAY" CHECK YOURSELF" BEFORE YOU KEEP WRECKING YOURSELF AMEN!⚡😢😊🤨🤔🙏
@@JamesBrown-dv9gq 💯💯💯💯💯💯💯💯
ALIVE AFTER 100 YEARS TO TELL OUR STORY...THE STRUGGLE NEVER STOPS...GOD BLESS THIS LADY
our story, more segregation talk - us and them
We are blessed to hear and witness their testimonies 😔
@@survivortechharold6575 were you in Tulsa at that time?
Amen! God has sustained her so that she would tell what happened! Wow.
What struggle?
These victims are alive for a reason. They are the guardians and the mouthpiece of all of those killed on that day and beyond. God bless them.
Amen
Not just bless, God protect and give them the REPARATIONS they so deserve. All that wealth and life stolen. It’s heartbreaking. Our government must step up
@@ambriaashley3383 Amen! 100%
Amen, Thank you Jesus
Amen and Amen and Amen!🙏🏽🙌🏽
This beautiful queen is a 107 years old and she is so blessed. She is in her right mind. My God.
It’s amazing how the most high keeps us and protects us all praises to the most high God Yahweh
Mind so sharp..so said I thought it was another page..lol
.she had more to talk about
The fact survivors from this are still alive is amazing
Very true. Which is why their testimonies are so important!
There are people alive whose parents had been enslaved. These things weren't so long ago in history, people are just made to feel like they are.
@@Eanakba The reason why both of those are amazing is because of how long a human being would have to live to be alive both then and now. Most humans wouldn’t be able to live to age 100
@@Eanakba Whats your point?
@@Eanakba How does this have any relevancy today?
As an African immigrant I am willing to pay 50% income tax for the AFRICAN AMERICAN TO GET THEY REPARATIONS. God please let me see that day before I go.
God Bless You!
Chico, the sad part is that it wouldn't even take that much. Many white people at worst think that reparations are just poor black ___________ (< enter racist word here) looking for a handout - and at best, they've never even heard of reparations, because when white people find out what reparations are? They categorically use the troupe of, "well someone's great great great grandaddy had slaves, so now I have to pay for it? If we cut the military budget in half, which would still be more than Russia and China combined, and shell out 3 trillion in a year like we did for Covid, it would pay for it or at least most of it. As you stated, you are an African immigrant, you are an example of an individual who would not get reparations, not every black person is descended from slaves. If we provided such reparations for Americans descended from slaves it would actually boost our economy significantly as black people are just as much consumers as white people, and in fact, black middle class people are even bigger consumers than white people. I don't see this as something negative. The idea of reparations is nothing new, after the Civil War, Abraham Lincoln's private views on reconstructing the south back into the union, included giving every freed slave forty acres of land, and the tools necessary to work that land, the ability to vote, and to run for office... - and he was shot dead by John Wilkes Boothe, a die hard confederate. If you take how much forty acres of land is in today's monetary averages, adding the tools necessary to work that land, it is something to the tune of $130,000-$150,000. These are not radical views, these are the views held by the Union, who won the Civil war, yet the South continued the Civil War and took all of their wrath they held for the North out on the freed black slaves. And when ANY public figure started back in to the ideas of helping black people, well, they were shot dead too, Jack Kennedy, Bobby Kennedy, Medgar Evers, Martin Luther King Jr, Malcolm X. And the war continues today, if they can't kill these people, they bribe the leaders of black communities to vote a certain way, or they gerrymander the districts and pass laws to make it next to impossible for black people to vote. They want to give black people just enough to shut them up..., and then the leaders with the real ideas towards change, like Bernie Sanders, they give them just enough to make them think they will move in their direction, but really they just castrate them... or make them look like ignorant fools, like Alexandria Ocasio-Cortes, Nina Turner, or Stacey Abrams. Well, I say, spread the word. If we already give reparations to Native Americans, and to Japanese Americans descended from those sent to internment camps, and not Americans Descended From Slaves? Then you have to know the issue is not really being supported by anyone. And if reparations were to happen? It would shine the light even more so on the evils inflicted on black Americans over the years. This is why it has yet to happen. Lord Jesus I pray for the day.
@@JerseyBaritone this is touching as granddaughter of Tulsa massacre savior....I have always not believed people like you exist not to give but to at least care ❤ its the thought that is really touching
I cant believe I never heard or read a damn thing about this in my high school history classes.
Because it was attempted to be buried. The first act of domestic bombing america did against another race. Because white businesses were suffering.
The fear of black people having power.
It was a dark day in the history of the USA one of many!
@@DragonAlchemist0 who fears blacks having power? Democrata
@@lady2550
With respect to Ms Viola Fletcher this is what amazing dignity and grace looks like in spite of all the horrors she experienced. This country has a lot of shadow work to do and more .
When people act like this was "so long ago " when they see this video and realize that these are our grand or great grandparents age (or at least mine). Never forget!!
I thank the Lord these elders are still here to bear witness to the evil that was perpetrated against them 100 years ago. We will never forget what they suffered and will continue to fight for justice for them and all those who lost so much in the Tulsa Race Massacre.
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Facts we do our best to keep their legacy alive black people let’s build our own communities
Yes! We must share this information. We're living in an illusion of inclusion. We are terrorized constantly. We must continue the fight. They earned the right to never relent from our common quest.
This upsets me because they’re wasting these elderly people’s time. They don’t care and unfortunately they will never get the justice they deserve. These people are still waiting in their 100s yet they signed something for Asians in a year. It’s sick.
It’s not a waste of time. Look at it this way. There talking specifically about black history and alive telling it. Unfortunately there are a ton of people who know nothing about this. And get a chance to hear it directly from them. These are our ancestors talking to us. Peace my friend.
You need 1000+ LILES.
Call the CONGRESSIONAL BLACK CAUCUS @ 202-263-2800 and email cbcfinc.org
I am so upset as well, this is all traumatizing!!! I believe her testimony will survive this life and after, whether they decide to do right or not the testimony speaks against them on the record! God will not have mercy! Kamala was right I suppose, this nation isn't racist. It's anti-Black! Every other people's pain gets recognized except Black people's pain!
Less than a year
They still have nightmares about it... at 107, 106 and 100 years old. PTSD like that never really goes away 💔💔
“I was there when it happened. I’m still here.” We owe them so much
Ambria, that's the amazing part that at her age, she still remembers everything that happened that day. Trauma stays with a person.
52 people downvoted this? i bet they are proud of the massacre
@Hu Kares u clearly believe that they’re lying so what’s your point?
@Hu Kares no, no one would be on their knees for you. That money you make still won’t save you from being trash. You know what they say... it takes a lot of money to look cheap. & you sound like a cheap typical smelling racists.
@Hu Kares what ever you need to tell yourself to sleep at night
@Hu Kares Uh, they found 10-12 unmarked coffins, buddy.
@Hu Kares oh look an argument nobody was having with you "i MaKe a LoT oF mOnEy sO iM iMpOrTaNt!" Nobody cares, dude
"Please don't let me leave this earth without justice, like all the others." Tulsa, America, you owe it to these people, give them and their families reparations!
Who exactly in Tulsa should give these people reparations?
@@Hoss999 The white man 👨
@@Hoss999 not one cent should come from anyone who wasn't born at this time.
@@tyronejackson7334 no one alive today owes you shit.
@@tyronejackson7334 which ones? All of them? Or just the ones that were there? How do you know every person there was white?
We must rebuild Black Wallstreet, it is the best way to honor these men and women.🙏
There are many more cities and communities we'll never even know about before and after Tulsa because white politicians and Dept of education refuse to acknowledge this history and the social, educational, and economical effects it has left
Absolutely. This isn’t the only race massacre by a long shot. Rosewood and Wilmington come to mind. Survivors never got a thing
I am thankful that l have seen Black communities in America that are very nice and well-kept. I am thankful there are still many Black Americans with a high self-esteem, and who make valuable contributions to society. I am thankful there are many Blacks with resilience to rise above the racial hatred that sought to bring them down. The "race card" could be our "ace card".
No question I have a map of most of all the massacres I thank her for her strength and courage to go up and speak about our continuing struggle thank you viola.
@@Astromalcolm Is there a link on the internet where I can get a copy of that map? Thank you.
@beachdog67 Im sure there are plenty we don't know about also but are u on Twitter? I can direct you to the post.
God kept them ALIVE for such a time as this! God BLESS them all and I pray that justice is awarded to these souls!
It is a true blessing that this woman survived all these years for all of us to hear her story.
These two siblings still alive today after 100 years to fight and talk about thier expiernce.
GIVE THEM JUSTICE!! THIS AIN'T NO SHOW OR SYMBOLISM. GIVE THEM JUSTICE!!
Couldn't agree more. These people deserve justice, unlike the criminals being worshipped by BLM today.
Thank goodness for her voice and memories. Never deny history. Never hide truth. Teach the ugly alongside the good.
Then make sure it can never happen again.
Word to the wise🙏
My country was going through the War of Independence in Ireland when these people were kids going through their nightmares in Tulsa. God bless them to give their stories a 100 years on.
These people should have received justice a long time ago. What a disgrace to tear apart a thriving black community. I hope they have some remedy to right this injustice.
@Hu Kares speak for yourself, loser!
you can not change what happened. bad people do bad things. what would make it 'right' ?
@@survivortechharold6575 Acknowledging it is a start, investment in the black community of Tulsa to rebuild and restore at least a fraction of what was destroyed and teaching the Tulsa Massacre warts and all in schools.
Well, I know Senator Tim Scott was helping President Trump to invest in Opportunity Zones. They were building back communities the Democrats and their policies have destroyed. Trump funded black colleges for the next Ten years...whereas Obama only funded year to year during his Tenure. I also know that Trump was going to invest 500B. Yes, with a B, to help black communities in starting their own businesses.
@@survivortechharold6575
Well, I know Senator Tim Scott was helping President Trump to invest in Opportunity Zones. They were building back communities the Democrats and their policies have destroyed. Trump funded black colleges for the next Ten years...whereas Obama only funded year to year during his Tenure. I also know that Trump was going to invest 500B. Yes, with a B, to help black communities in starting their own businesses.
I’m not sure what hurts worse, seeing our elders testify or the youth slaughtered 😭
Bless these precious souls! It’s heartbreaking to hear what they went through!!! This sweet gentleman is so right. We are one. We should always be good to each other!
Dear White People, the fact that we even have to ASK for this says something....
Says... it's been too long, God is not pleased and will not be mocked. These survivors are the spokespeople for this atrocity that the politicians have attempted to erase. The devil is a lie! Justice....is NOW! Stop talking and start signing bills and policies for reparations for these descendants and survivors so they will have a chance of a legacy that so., so many perished for. Amen
@Margaret Kpeh Google the word reparations and come back.
I teared up at Uncle Red recounting his fight for freedom only to come home and be discriminated against! Look at the strength of our ancestors! Black people are so incredibly strong and we must never forget it!!
Right on brother
Or sista
NO PROBLEM CAN BE SOLVED BY THE SAME LEVEL OF CONSCIOUSNESS THAT CAUSED IT!
This comment wins the internet
For reals
I totally agree! and no problem definitely! can't be solved" by being pathetically passive! and/or complacent" allowing it to be swept" and kept" under the rug! They say that Justice is blind!? but she acts cripple and crazy too! But it's all just an act" played out for me and for you! She has a pack of lies" in one hand! and a brick hidden in the other"just feening to cast it at a sister or brother! So don't try to tell us how to hurt"until you're ready to try it! They know what they did and time🕰️ won't let them deny it!🤥 They're not qualified to tell us how loud to weep" or how long to grieve"😢 we will forever seek true Justice trust and Believe! Ps dedicated to greenwood survivors ❤️⚡🤨🤔😮
Love her spunk and her willingness to speak up.. God Bless her.
What's spunk?
She's being coached on what to read
God bless these survivors of the 1921 Tulsa Greenwood Massacre. They ARE 1st class citizens and deserve justice from our Government. It is finally time that we all are learning about this evil crime!! Uncle Red said he was never paid for his services after the war due to his color. That should be investigated.
@@hattorihanzo6537 They are very articulate and know exactly what happened to them. Saying they're being coached on what to read is just a way to try to undermine what happened to them. God said not so and that's why He provided them a platform to speak. God also placed people on their path to get this story out more than it has been and help them. ⚖
This massacre was a digrace for sure and this history should never be repeated. I want to hear her last page that seems to be missing.
While obviously a disgrace, it was repeated...numerous times, and subsequently covered up. From Tulsa to Philadelphia, the destruction of minority property and lives is part and parcel of American history.
Obadiah 1:10 For thy violence against thy brother Jacob shame shall cover thee, and thou shalt be cut off for ever.
Shalom and ahmen!
The city of Tulsa does not want to build up North Tulsa… they’ve build up south, East and west Tulsa. North Tulsa where I grew up need justice!!!!
This hearing is a few decades late....
This is amazing, these beautiful people are over 100 years old and still
in their right minds, after all they've been through.
God Bless this 107 year old great black lady. This is just one reason why we black folks need REPARATIONS right now from this racist country.
The gate keeper do not want this information to come out. But YaH is letting you know today 2021 what say YOU
Hallelujah
IKR. BARACK OBAMA never mentioned this in his 8 years. It would had been a powerful voice to such a cowardly and racist act. Makes you wonder what party was doing the gatekeeping back in Tulsa 100 years ago, and if they're the same ones today....
DEMOCRATS
Its so sad it took 100 years to return to an issue as horrendous as this
God bless her soul 🖤
And she still can read @ 107 year's old 😭🙋I'm Soo proud of my ppl
Wow I’m 25 years old and I’m glad to hear your story. I pray God continues to bless her!
♥he came home to be treated like a second class citizen, no veteran benefits 💔
How courageous are these living historical spirits? Sharing their horrid experiences shared during the tragic Tulsa massacre. I hear no hatred or strife in their voices, still only appreciation and respect for the process to recognize their pain and suffering...restitution! What a mighty God they serve.
So they say slavery happened so long ago nobody is alive that was a slave but people still alive that went threw terrorist attacks like this so yea we deserve reparations God 🙏 made away for her to be here today to tell us the story before they change history again
@TurquoisePurpleSky 17 u called me a dummy but your dumb azz can't see iwhats going on because your food for the wolf
🙏💗 much respect to the elders and survivors of the Tulsa Race Massacre.
Wonder how conservatives will spin this one.
The Democrats keep minorities down through a multitude of ways, all of which are despicable and demeaning in nature:
1. The racism of soft expectations seen in Affirmative Action programs and Critical Race Theory training seeks to confirm to those indoctrinated, that *certain* minorities are somehow less capable than whites, and therefore require the assistance of their "more successful counterparts". Add this to the growing desire for segregated "safe spaces" in schools and "minority-only programs", and we're looking at modern-day Jim Crow, brought to you by our good friends, the Democrats.
2. Government handouts act as a sort of morphine drip relied upon in often poor minority communities while Democrats continue to enact legislation that reduces upward mobility and hurts their ability to become financially independent, thereby securing their votes and remaining in power through what amounts to political extortion. This is a tried and true strategy that has been perfected over the years by many Communist dictators. Why would a country's citizens bite the hand that feeds them? Instead, need evolves into complacency, and soon the "generous hand of government" becomes an iron fist that beats down the slightest hint of opposition with secret police, executions, and gulags like those we've seen in China, Russia, and Nazi Germany.
3. Controlling the racial narrative through government and pseudo-government imposed restrictions on freedom of speech, as well as the labeling of opposition as "ignorant, racist monsters". It's fairly simple to convince those who don't have the time or desire to think for themselves through a controlled narrative seen everywhere they look. You can find them in Hollywood movies, TV commercials, music, and on nearly every "news" organization there is. Everyone can see it plain as day, but don't consider it a problem because they've been trained to take partisan headlines as "absolute truth", without question. They've been trained to believe that "conspiracies" don't exist, taking any criticism of their beliefs, whether fair or not, as comparable to flat-Earth/lizard people/CIA mind-control ramblings. Instead of taking your statement at face value, they turn it into this outlandish fantasy in their heads, entirely and deliberately mischaracterizing that which you've said in order to protect themselves from facing the reality that they are horribly misinformed and misled by those they opt to elect.
4. In many cases, the people who claim to care most about these supposed "victim groups" are ignorant enough to believe that personal responsibility, the ability to think for oneself, and intelligence are foreign concepts to them, and use this reasoning to justify their over-the-top actions (rioting, kneeling, reparations, censorship, etc.). Instead of allowing those claimed to be so horribly affected by problems in society to act for themselves, these woke privileged activists virtue signal, pander, and riot *for them,* regardless of whether or not it is what they want.
5. Societal pressure from within one's own community, which is often reinforced by mainstream televison and news, is weaponized against those in these "victim groups" who stand up and say that they are not in fact victims, but people who are just as capable as everyone else. They are called disgusting names like "race traitor" or "Uncle Tom" and even ostracized by their friends and family for having a difference of opinion.
All of this is the carefully-orchestrated work of racist Democrats since they lost the Civil War all those years ago. To this day, they *still* maintain the belief that minorities are lesser beings that need the help of whites in order to be successful, because they can't possibly get by on their own. They've manipulated large swaths of the American population into securing power for themselves in an ever-growing number of government positions and institutions (thanks, in part, to their unconstitutional changes being made to the voting process in key states as well as the mail-in voting process for those who previously couldn't be bothered to go to a polling station to vote).
Don't take my word for it; you need only listen to the ignorant doctrine proposed by these racist, elitist politicians to see that every word I've said is true. Either society will recognize and eliminate the threat posed by leftist ideologues, or history will be written to reflect poorly on those who fought against the evils of "woke" culture, comparing them to Nazis and war criminals for the great sin of speaking their minds and fighting for *true* equality.
2+2=4
Now make it right! Compensation is in order.
Hate speech smdh
Only God himself can rid mankind of this kind of racial injustice! #jer10:23
This was 100 years ago lady, a lot has changed.
If gods were real they would have done something by now.
This is ALL our responsibility to face and fix.
@@gretzkey66
Not that much.
Racism surrounds us.
@@makeracistsafraidagain Where
@@makeracistsafraidagain not much racism ! Surround us , lol where ! Which world do you live in , lol I want a ticket !.
Message to White Conservatives: It's kind of hard for poor Black Americans to "pick themselves up by their bootstraps" when your actions (be it a century ago, a few decades ago, or even today) like burning down their churches and businesses keep them from achieving economic equality/stability.
They refuse to take any responsibility
Piss off :)
Exactly! Jesse Torres I 100 agree with your comment. That's the racist history of the united states. White people didn't want African Americans to succeed financially. The hatred for rich African Americans is real.
@@katyarnold6757 hahah you're conflating two different time periods. You think modern people think this way?
The 100-year-old WWII veteran returned from serving his nation without any GI benefits AND had to go back to segregation because of the color of his skin. Just absolutely insane how we treated our fellow Americans back then (and in numerous ways, still to this day!)
*America, PAY WHAT YOU OWE!!!...*
Tears in my eyes…witnessing AMERICAN HISTORY…right before us; God bless Them all….Thank You Lord….A Change Is Coming and It cannot/will not be stopped.
All in their 100's and still mentally sharp. We all could only hope so much.... Thank you tulsa survivors...we should be marching for you also 🙏❤️
He said " I fought for freedom abroad, even when it was taken from me at HOME."
😥😥😥
Sweet, precious lady...so sad
@Hu Kares You're literally dumb!
Tulsa ok born and raised ... I live two. Blocks away from Greenwood. Its a feeling of heaviness and you know souls are among you.
The race massacres was my bed time sorry and history lesson from my great grandmother
@@kennethsmith9588 that's so sad
Lol damn .. I guess that makes you a devil....
Can you guys please argue on someone else's comment?
So sad also us Native Americans have been through so much.
Yes to date
Would it KILL you to spend 5 mins of having empathy and compassion for what Black Americans descendants of American slavery have also been through? Does it ALWAYS have to circle back to you non-Blacks? Ridiculous
I am Black and Native American- both are original people.
@@queenjetblack2647 one is, one is not
@@HoneySwtDrms with that attitude I wouldn't support you or help I'd make sure my people know to let you rot just like these whites. Keep stepping on our lands eating our crops thinking you have to get served first . When these cretins brought you to these lands and outcasted never forget who fed you . Don't reproduce. Us first not you.
THANK YOU 🙏🏼 FOR YOUR COVERAGE! Bless you Ms Viola ❤️
I don’t know what to say but cry all the way...my heart is saddens. God bless them and help us .
The G.A.P band always reminded us of Tulsa...the initials are the 3 streets that were bombed...love that they are able to tell how they feel ASE
I just looked this up. I never knew this. Ty for this info. Wow!
@@mademia9764 no problem 😊
I am so sorry for the injustice and I thank both of you for your testimony and for your service and your witness.
Both ??? Numerous viewers negate the Fact Three Victims testified ! "Both" means Two 🤔🤔🤔
American has done a horrible things on the surface of this earth 🌎🌍
Such a moving moment. I had no idea this event existed. I wasn't taught about it in school and had it not been for a RUclips suggests video (this one) I would have continued not knowing anything about this horrific event. In no way do I mean to claim I can understand the injustice they have experienced. I've never thought of races different than mine as better or worse. I wasn't brought up to judge by color but by character. That being said I could have done more as an adult to educate myself more and in choosing to remain naive I was part of the problem. I wish I had a solution, but I can say from here on out I will educate myself and if the day comes my children as well. Thank you for speaking.
Right wingers will never speak about this and other atrocities.
@black bear go fuck yourself
The resilience of these three too live over a 100 years too tell this story is overwhelming!
@@noelgrassy4278 what's your issue buddy? Prove me wrong. Show me anyone on the right trying to educate anyone with what happened in Tulsa or other towns with the same fate? Does he truth bother you?
Reparations
They should have been got them.
Long, long ago.
Nothing would ever get any better for Black people in America until the government of the United States of America takes responsibility for their own actions and negligence!
But that's the thing. The American government doesn't want Black Americans to progress because they need us to be the permanent bottom class! White Americans are still very prone to getting envious at Black American advancement. Little has changed!
What these people lost no single dollar amount can replace. Reparations, in my opinion, is just a bandaid that covers a gaping wound that is still bleeding out.
I believe that God allowed these three souls to live to remind us that we can still be resilient even when the greatest of sins have been committed against us.
We okay with the band aid my dude.
Shine light not only on Tulsa but on other black Wallstreets. Black Wallstreets were all over the US.
Teared up watching this
This is so heartbreaking to hear. These survivors of this horrific tragedy are a living testament to what happened and it saddens me that nothing has and probably won't ever be done for our living ancestors.
there is so much documentable wealth that could be returned through reparations
This makes me so angry. Why did it take so long for these people to be heard and recognized?
Like with everything else pertaining to us they hoped that it could just be swept under the rug....
@@DeaconYomouf Indeed. This just underscores the evil of
Underscores the evil of those people.
Black americans needs to bring back black wallstreet.
In this modern time there is no excuse not to so we can fix our own communities.
Dragon Alchemist 0. I 💯 agree with your comment. But African Americans mindset is so messed up that it would be hard to find legitimate up standing African Americans to create a new black wall again.
So that they can genterfied are burn it down , again ! You ppl haven't learn not one thing ! Lol you ppl actually think ! They would sit by and just watch ! You really don't nor have a clue of your enemies capablitys !.
Pastor Jamal who is pastoring the late Eddie long church on Instagram is working on it.
I was so proud...i cried... And im a Strong black man... Three survivors in their 100"s. Tell me we dont have strong genes 💪
You DO hv strong genes.
They are extremely beautiful souls & we are blessed to be able to hear their stories this way. And the man turning pages is so tender and kind, it touched my heart. If you can’t see the beauty in these people, then there’s something wrong there. This is why there are discussions about reforming our education. Not to hate all white people, but because history then was “whitewashed “ & rewritten. The real stories covered up. The stories are incomplete but the repercussions are not. Many states are still blocking this education but they can’t stop it now. The truth is coming out. The internet changes the game. They can continue to deny but the truth comes out. God bless these souls & their families. 🙏
This hurts my heart for them to have to even do this. Yah, please.... help us. 🙏🏾 Amein
Mine too 😢
Happy birthday 🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉 Mrs. Fletcher. May God 🙏🙏 bless you!with many more.
Mother Randal may be a relative of mine on my mother's side. Back in 1970-72 my father's successful business went up in flames. Everything was destroyed. Nobody in Bryn Gweled Homestead, our home, in Southampton PA would help him. So I identify with the massacre in Tulsa Oklahoma by white supremacists. Our family was devastated.
The fleas do not mean harm to the dog , they are just trying to survive ...Wouldn’t give a shyt what the dog goes through in the process tho... looking for the parasite to make anything better for the host is just not how nature works... Still asking please fix it is embarrassing at this point WE got to fix it. It ain’t no other way around it. Always talking about what we invented OK it’s time to use all that intelligence ,creativity and finesse to fix this shit instead of waiting on the settlers to make it right . We wasting a lot of time on that approach IJS
My heart is breaking just hearing of this horrific tragedy that our ANCESTRAL MATRIARCHS lived through. At 107, 106, and 100 years young, this is all GOD!! His work for them isn't over. Their recounting of that day is so vivid, I can't help but to shed tears. They are the faces, voices, and lives of those who were lost so horrifically May 31st 1921. May God keep these beautiful spirits in his loving grace!!! #LIVINGBLACKHISTORY
It breaks my heart.
Bless these peoples hearts and soul and we are thankful for the details about such a tragic event if you thumbs down this video it show after a hundred years we still got those kind of sick minds in the world and also on the internet
What a beautiful lady and so brave telling her story… and wow happy birthday 107 that’s amazing! The things you have witnessed during your life… bless you Viola ❤️🇺🇸
May God give Mrs. Viola Fletcher, Mr.van Ellis and Mrs. Lesley Randell many many more long life to come! God bless them!
Thank you QUEEN for speaking, I've Heard you!!! 🙏🏾
There are so many stories like these for my people. Even though America has no love for us, we still love and support this country.
Wow, she’s a miracle!
🙏🙏🙏 so thankful that they are still here to testify 😢
This is a perfect example as too why the Board of Education needs too go bankrupt. The schools of today are not really teaching moral education. In addition, all their books
have nothing to do with Moral Education. It has been said," this is about a mental problem that has been going on for too long. End of guote. When will we ever learn. When will we ever learn.
Well, they simply don't want to teach it. Look at how much pushback the 1619 project has been getting!
Proverbs 11:21 Though hand join in hand, the wicked shall not be unpunished: but the seed of the righteous shall be delivered.
Them people up there do not care you can see it on their faces smh
God Bless these three beautiful souls🙏🏾❤️
It isn’t a coincidence that they lived to tell this story 100 YEARS later.
107 years old.
But it wasn't that long ago
Exactly because she’s still here. Think about that.
Apparently longevity runs in their family.
This is Superwoman 💝
Wow just wow this is amazing that these people are alive with such vivid memories..God bless them
JESUS please continue to bless these 3 elder and their family they are a blessing from you JESUS I thank you JESUS for my dad 90 year birthday thank you JESUS thank you
Maybe one day a real acknowledgement (reparations) will be given to black Americans for all the 4th class treatment of the heart and soul of this land the richness of the history good and bad never revealed or acknowledged. Maybe one day....
At least Justice! God bless the Tulsa 3 🥰
Is that Dustin Hoffman Reading that??? Hahahaha!!!! Check out the beginning of the movie “Little big Man” you’re gonna get the joke! Hahahaha 😂😂😂😂😂
Wow
They inspired me so much!!!!
If they can live thru that and still be the amazing people that they are
Who am I not to be great!!!
They have truly inspired me and I will pass this forward❤️
The heart of Greenwood🖤✊🏽 Time to Recognize Our Truth and History✨
But we get told , That was so long ago get over it it's the past . Really while one of my ancestors is still alive speaking her truth.
God Bless Viola Fletcher and the Elders who survived the Massacre! Old people are walking History! Respect the Elders!
As a native of Tulsa of what was called 1921 Race Riot now know today as the 1921 Massacre was never taught in our school and still to this day they are trying to keep it out of our schools throughout Oklahoma. I learned about this massacre like 10 years ago. I’ve heard a little about it here and there but never the real story in my 52 years of living. This need to be taught in school never to forget.