Viola Fletcher, one of the last two survivors of the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre, is a supercentenarian. The oldest living survivor turned 110 years old on Friday.
Ahead of private birthday celebrations for Fletcher in Dallas, Texas, several friends and community members wished her well via video.
"From one freedom fighter to another, thank you for all you have done," said Daniel Stein, a representative for Democrats Abroad in Mexico City, Mexico.
Members of the Booker T. Washington High School choir sang for Fletcher in their video message.
Other north Tulsans chipped in, too.
"May God richly bless you continuously," said Willie Sells of Tee's Barber Shop.
Fletcher, who was seven years old at the time of the massacre, survived with her brother, Hughes Van Ellis, who died in October at the age of 102.
She and fellow survivor Lessie Benningfield Randle are part of an historic lawsuit against the city of Tulsa, claiming city officials were complicit in the massacre and asking for reparations.
A Tulsa County district judge dismissed the case last year, but the survivors' team appealed to the Oklahoma Supreme Court.
