TULSA, Okla. — Family and friends gathered Friday morning to celebrate a historic milestone for Lessie Benningfield Randle, also known as “Mother Randle,” the last known living survivor of the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre.
The celebration was held at All Souls Unitarian Church in midtown Tulsa in honor of Mother Randle’s 112th birthday.
Born November 10, 1914, in Okmulgee County, Mother Randle was just a young child when she witnessed the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre, which devastated the Greenwood District and left a lasting impact on the Tulsa community…