TOMORROW: REV. SHARPTON, NAN KICK OFF JUNETEENTH WEEKEND WITH OLDEST TULSA RACE MASSACRE SURVIVOR AT HOUSE OF JUSTICE

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Jun 16, 2023

Rev. Sharpton Welcomes Viola Ford Fletcher, 109, and Her Brother Hughes Van Ellis, 102, for Remembrance of the Black Wall Street Massacre

New York, NY (Saturday, June 17, 2023) – Rev. Al Sharpton, President and Founder of the National Action Network (NAN) Saturday will welcome Viola Ford Fletcher, “Mother Fletcher,” and her younger brother Hughes Van Ellis at the House of Justice in Harlem to mark the beginning of Juneteenth weekend. Ms. Fletcher’s notable appearance in New York City comes as the oldest survivor of one of the deadliest racially motivated massacres in U.S. history promotes her new memoir, “Don’t Let Them Bury My Story.”

Rev. Sharpton will lead the rally in solemn commemoration of the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre, also known as the Black Wall Street Massacre, while renewing the call for racial justice and equality on the eve of Juneteenth. Fletcher and Van Ellis, two of the last three survivors of the massacre, have carried the weight of history with them for over a century without standing down in the fight for justice and remembrance.

WHO

Rev. Al Sharpton, President and Founder of NAN

Viola Ford Fletcher, author and Tulsa Race Massacre survivor

Hughes Van Ellis, brother of Viola Ford Fletcher

WHEN

Saturday, June 17, 2023

Media check-in: 9:30 a.m.

Rev. Sharpton remarks: 9:50 a.m.

WHERE

NAN House of Justice

106 West 145ht Street

New York, NY 10030

Watch the livestream at www.nationalactionnetwork.net/

Listen in NYC on WLIB 1190 AM

Watch on Impact Television / View on NAN’s social media

About National Action Network (NAN)

National Action Network is one of the leading civil rights organizations in the Nation with chapters throughout the entire United States. Founded in 1991 by Reverend Al Sharpton, NAN works within the spirit and tradition of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. to promote a modern civil rights agenda that includes the fight for one standard of justice, decency, and equal opportunities for all people regardless of race, religion, nationality, or gender.

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