By Melissa Noel ·Updated October 11, 2023
One of the last survivors of the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre, Hughes “Uncle Redd” Van Ellis, has died. He was 102 years old.
According to a statement shared with ESSENCE, the World War II Veteran and author passed away on October 9 at a hospice in Denver, Colorado.
“He died waiting on justice,” his grandnephew, Ike Howard, shared with CNN.
Ellis was just six months old
