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Viola Ford Fletcher — known to the world as Mother Fletcher is the oldest living survivor of the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre and one of the most powerful living witnesses to America’s suppressed history. Born in 1914, she was only seven years old when mobs burned the prosperous Greenwood District, known as Black Wall Street, destroying her family’s home, livelihood, and sense of safety in a single night. For nearly a century she carried those memories quietly, but with unshakable clarity the screams, the smoke, the terror in the streets, the planes overhead. When she finally testified before Congress at age 107, her words cut through the nation’s conscience and reignited a global demand for justice and reparations.
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The American Pickers are excited to return to Florida! They plan to film episodes of The History Channel hit television series throughout your area in January 2024.
After years of dedicated contributions to the music industry, the band’s drummer and leader, James “Diamond” Williams, is openly questioning why the Ohio Players have yet to secure their spot in the prestigious Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.
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Orlando Community Arts, Inc. (OCA) will return to the Dr. Phillips Center for the Performing Arts (DPAC), at Walt Disney Theater, with an exciting anticipated holiday production, Clare and the Chocolate Nutcracker. On November 25, 2023 at 7 pm this production comes alive with scenes filled with dazzling costumes and exciting dance moves, performed in a wide variety of dance genres reflecting Africa, Asia, the Caribbean, India, Spain and many other cultures.
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