Randle celebrated her birthday Nov. 10, amid a DOJ probe into the 1921 attack.
Hughes Van Ellis, 100, Lessie Benningfield Randle, 106, also known as Mother Randle, and Viola Fletcher, 107, the oldest living survivor of the Tulsa Race Massacre and older sister of Van Ellis, attend the Black Wall Street Legacy Festival 2021 in Tulsa, Okla., May 28, 2021., and on Sunday, she celebrated her 110th birthday during a commemoration event in Tulsa, Oklahoma, where she was surrounded by family, friends and members of the community.
Viola Fletcher, known as "Mother Fletcher," who is also 110 years old, is the only other known remaining survivor of the massacre after Hugh Van Ellis, known as "Uncle Red," died Oct. 9, 2023 at 102, according to the U.S. Department of Justice. Fletcher was also present at Randle's celebration on Sunday.
"I've been hearing about it my entire life," Randle's grandson told KTUL, referring to the Tulsa Race Massacre. "Everyone wants actual accountability of the massacre. They want those who perpetrated this harm that started in 1921 and continues to today, to be held accountable," he told ABC News.
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