UN / BLACK WALL STREET MASSACRE SURVIVOR
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STORY: UN / BLACK WALL STREET MASSACRE SURVIVOR
TRT: 01:32
SOURCE: UNIFEED
RESTRICTIONS: NONE
LANGUAGE: ENGLISH / NATS
DATELINE: 23 AUGUST 2023, NEW YORK CITY
SHOTLIST:
1. Wide shot, United Nations flag
2. Wide shot, Viola Ford Fletcher arriving at General Assembly Plaza
3. Med shot, Fletcher greeted by Under-Secretary-General for Global Communications Melissa Fleming
4. Various shots, Fletcher and grandson Ike Howard
5. Various shots, Fletcher visiting Ark of Return
6. Various shots, group photo
7. UPSOUND (English) Viola Ford Fletcher, Oldest Living Survivor of Tulsa - Black Wall Street Massacre:
“I feel good about it, like it should happen.”
8. UPSOUND (English) Ike Howard, Viola Ford Fletcher’s Grandson:
“She says she thinks reparations should happen. She feels good about the movement that’s going across the country. Dominoes are starting to fall.”
9. UPSOUND (English) Ike Howard, Viola Ford Fletcher’s Grandson:
“When there is a will there is a way. We can get this done. There’s different ways to do it.”
10. Close up, Fletcher holding her book Don’t Let Them Bury My Story
11. Various shots, water ceremony
STORYLINE:
Viola Ford Fletcher, the oldest living survivor of the Tulsa - Black Wall Street massacre, today (23 Aug) visited the Ark of Return at the UN General Assembly Plaza.
Fletcher, accompanied by her grandson Ike Howard, was greeted by USG Ms. Melissa Fleming, and visited the Ark of Return, a permanent memorial designed by Haitian-American architect Rodney Leon, dedicated to the victims of the Transatlantic slave trade.
Asked about the issue of slavery reparations, Fletcher said, “I feel good about it, like it should happen.”
Howard, for his part said, “dominoes are starting to fall,” and added “when there is a will there is a way. We can get this done. There’s different ways to do it.”
Viola Ford Fletcher, known as “Mother Fletcher,” is 109 years old. Her memoir, “Don’t Let Them Bury My Story” was published on 15 August 2023. Fletcher has traveled internationally, testified before US Congress and supported a lawsuit for reparations, all part of a campaign for accountability for the Tulsa massacre.
The Tulsa - Black Wall Street massacre, took place between 31 May and 1 June 1921. She witnessed the massacre as a seven-year-old child.
TRT: 01:32
SOURCE: UNIFEED
RESTRICTIONS: NONE
LANGUAGE: ENGLISH / NATS
DATELINE: 23 AUGUST 2023, NEW YORK CITY
SHOTLIST:
1. Wide shot, United Nations flag
2. Wide shot, Viola Ford Fletcher arriving at General Assembly Plaza
3. Med shot, Fletcher greeted by Under-Secretary-General for Global Communications Melissa Fleming
4. Various shots, Fletcher and grandson Ike Howard
5. Various shots, Fletcher visiting Ark of Return
6. Various shots, group photo
7. UPSOUND (English) Viola Ford Fletcher, Oldest Living Survivor of Tulsa - Black Wall Street Massacre:
“I feel good about it, like it should happen.”
8. UPSOUND (English) Ike Howard, Viola Ford Fletcher’s Grandson:
“She says she thinks reparations should happen. She feels good about the movement that’s going across the country. Dominoes are starting to fall.”
9. UPSOUND (English) Ike Howard, Viola Ford Fletcher’s Grandson:
“When there is a will there is a way. We can get this done. There’s different ways to do it.”
10. Close up, Fletcher holding her book Don’t Let Them Bury My Story
11. Various shots, water ceremony
STORYLINE:
Viola Ford Fletcher, the oldest living survivor of the Tulsa - Black Wall Street massacre, today (23 Aug) visited the Ark of Return at the UN General Assembly Plaza.
Fletcher, accompanied by her grandson Ike Howard, was greeted by USG Ms. Melissa Fleming, and visited the Ark of Return, a permanent memorial designed by Haitian-American architect Rodney Leon, dedicated to the victims of the Transatlantic slave trade.
Asked about the issue of slavery reparations, Fletcher said, “I feel good about it, like it should happen.”
Howard, for his part said, “dominoes are starting to fall,” and added “when there is a will there is a way. We can get this done. There’s different ways to do it.”
Viola Ford Fletcher, known as “Mother Fletcher,” is 109 years old. Her memoir, “Don’t Let Them Bury My Story” was published on 15 August 2023. Fletcher has traveled internationally, testified before US Congress and supported a lawsuit for reparations, all part of a campaign for accountability for the Tulsa massacre.
The Tulsa - Black Wall Street massacre, took place between 31 May and 1 June 1921. She witnessed the massacre as a seven-year-old child.
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