On Friday, Viola Fletcher, surrounded by over 50 family and friends in North Texas, celebrated turning 110, making her a supercentenarian.
Viola Fletcher celebrated turning 110 years old on Friday. The mood was jovial in her grandson’s Little Elm home, even as she awaits a pending court ruling.
Asked what’s her secret to her longevity, Fletcher said, “I have many, so many I can’t mention but it’s a blessing to live this long and easy to do. If I can do it, others can.”Fletcher sat next to her grandson, Ike Howard, wearing yellow, her favorite color, on a black rectangular couch as reporters asked her questions. When asked whether she believed she would live to 110, Fletcher said, “Well sure,” as her loved ones laughed.
The case was brought under Oklahoma’s public nuisance law and states the destruction from the massacre continues to affect the community. The suit says the defendants must “abate the public nuisance of racial disparities, economic inequalities, insecurity and trauma their unlawful actions and omission caused in 1921 and continue to cause ... after the massacre.”
In April, the nine justices heard oral arguments to determine whether the case can move forward. They need five out of nine to rule in favor to bring their claims forward, Solomon-Simmons said.“Then we can get into a discovery process,” he said. “We have experts across the nation that are ready to work with us so we can then present to the court and say this is exactly what we think we need to be able to abate this nuisance.
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