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Olivia Hooker was 6 at the time of the riot. Now, at 103, Hooker is believed to be the last surviving witness to what is considered one of the worst incidents of racial violence in U.S. history.
She passed away last year. FYI, she asked for it to not be called a riot. It was a massacre.
(via Meet The Last Surviving Witness To The Tulsa Race Riot Of 1921 : Code Switch : NPR)
Olivia Hooker was 6 at the time of the riot. Now, at 103, Hooker is believed to be the last surviving witness to what is considered one of the worst incidents of racial violence in U.S. history.
Olivia Hooker is the last surviving witness to the Tulsa Race Riot of 1921.
On May 31, 1921, Olivia Hooker was six-years-old when white mobs launched an attack on the Greenwood section of Tulsa, Oklahoma. In less than 24 hours, the mobs destroyed more than 1,000 homes and businesses. It’s estimated as many as 300 people were killed. The Tulsa Race Riot is considered one of the worst incidents of racial violence in American history.
For decades, the events of 1921 were rarely discussed or taught in school. But in 1971, Impact Magazine editor Don Ross published one of the first accounts of the race riots in nearly 50 years. He went on to become a state representative and, along with State Senator Maxine Horner, is credited with bringing national attention to the buried history. Olivia Hooker, now 103, is the last surviving witness to the events of that day.
Click through to listen to an interview with Ms. Hooker
Olivia Hooker was 6 at the time of the riot. Now, at 103, Hooker is believed to be the last surviving witness to what is considered one of the worst incidents of racial violence in U.S. history.
Olivia Juliette Hooker was an American psychologist and professor. She was a survivor of the Tulsa race massacre of 1921, and the first African-American woman t...
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DR. OLIVIA HOOKER // PSYCHOLOGIST
“She was an American psychologist and professor. She was one of the last known survivors of Tulsa race massacre of 1921, and the first African-American woman to enter the U.S. Coast Guard, in Feb 1945. She became a SPAR (Semper Paratus Always Ready), a member of the United States Coast Guard Women’s Reserve, during WWII, earning the rank of Yeoman, Second Class during her service. She served in the Coast Guard until her unit was disbanded in mid-1946; she went on to become a psychologist intern at a women’s correctional facility and a clinical professor at Fordham University.”
S05 E22: Olivia J. Hooker - The Story of the 1st African American Woman in the U.S. Coast Guard
S05 E22: Olivia J. Hooker – The Story of the 1st African American Woman in the U.S. Coast Guard
[embedyt] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0N77i6MEe-w%5B/embedyt%5D U.S. psychologist and professor, Olivia Juliette Hooker, was one of the last known survivors of the Tulsa race massacre in 1921. Ms. Hooker was also the first African-American woman to enter the U.S. Coast Guard in 1945. She became a SPAR (Semper Paratus Always Ready) in the United States Coast Guard Women’s Reserve, during…
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