Nearing 109, and Still Waiting for Her Day in Court - The New York Times
WEBNov 7, 2023 — Lessie Benningfield Randle survived the Tulsa race massacre of 1921. Her lawyers are making what they say is a final bid to keep her case alive.
Last survivors of Tulsa race massacre call for US investigation
WEBJul 2, 2024 — Lessie Benningfield Randle, 109, and Viola Fletcher, 110, condemned the Oklahoma Supreme Court's decision last month to dismiss their lawsuit seeking reparations.
Tulsa Race Massacre survivor still looking for justice - The …
WEBMay 26, 2021 — Lessie Randle, one of the oldest living survivors of the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre, describes the tragedy on Black Wall Street 100 years after its destruction.
Tulsa Massacre Survivor Lessie Benningfield Randle Reflects on …
WEBMay 31, 2021 — Tulsa Massacre Survivor Lessie Benningfield Randle Reflects on the Horror and Looks Forward. The 106-year-old woman is seeking reparations for the 1921 tragedy.
Survivors of the Tulsa race massacre are appealing a judge’s ... - CNN
WEBJul 10, 2023 — Lessie Benningfield Randle, 108, Viola Fletcher, 109, and her brother, Hughes Van Ellis, 102, had been locked in a yearslong legal battle against the City of Tulsa and other officials over...
Last known survivors of Tulsa Race Massacre challenge Oklahoma …
WEBJul 2, 2024 — Attorneys for Fletcher and Lessie Benningfield Randle, the last two remaining survivors of the massacre, asked the Oklahoma Supreme court Tuesday, July 2, 2024, to reconsider the case they dismissed last month and called on the Biden administration to help the two women seek justice.
WEBMay 19, 2021 — My name is Lessie Evelyn Benningfield Randle. People call me Mother Randle. Today, I am 106-years-old. 100 years ago, in 1921, I was a 6-year-old child. I was blessed to live with my grandmother in a beautiful Black community in Tulsa Oklahoma, called Greenwood. I was lucky. I had a home. I had toys.
Lessie Benningfield Randle, “Mother Randle” - Justice For …
WEBAs she testified in her October 14, 2020 deposition, Mother Randle experiences flashbacks of Black bodies that were stacked up on the street as her neighborhood was burning, causing her to constantly relive the terror of May 31 and June 1, 1921.
Hughes Van Ellis, one of the last known survivors of the Tulsa Race ...
WEBOct 9, 2023 — Ellis, his 109-year old sister, and Lessie Benningfield Randle, 108, were the last three known survivors of the massacre. The trio have been locked in a yearslong legal battle with the City of...
100 Years After the Tulsa Massacre, What Does Justice Look Like?
WEBMay 25, 2021 — The plaintiffs — among them a survivor of the massacre, Lessie Benningfield Randle, known as Mother Randle, who is 106 — claim that the defendants participated in or allowed the destruction...