Survivors of 1921 US race massacre accept Ghanaian citizenship
Published: 21/Aug/2021
Source: Ghana News Agency
Two American siblings who survived a well documented massacre of Black people in the US city of Tulsa in Oklahoma have rounded up a visit to Ghana by accepting to be citizens of Ghana.
107-year-old Viola Fletcher and her brother, 100-year-old Van Ellis are quoted to have said: “We accept it with great joy and we thank the president for this great honour.”
They arrived in Ghana earlier this week as part of a tour of the continent to mark the 100-year anniversary of the 1921 incident popularly referred to as the Tulsa Race Massacre.
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