According to the Justice for Greenwood Foundation, two survivors of the 1921 murder of black people in the American city of Tulsa have been given Ghanaian citizenship.

Hughes Van Ellis, 102, and Viola Ford Fletcher, 108, are the oldest African Americans to be given Ghanaian citizenship.

They are two of the three surviving victims of the massacre, which may have resulted in up to 300 deaths of Black Americans.

A mob of white people murdered almost 300 African citizens of the rich Greenwood community in Tulsa, Oklahoma, which was formerly known as "Black Wall Street," and burned their homes and businesses.

In August 2021, as part of a week-long tour of Africa to commemorate the killings known as the Tulsa Race Massacre's 100th anniversary, Viola Fletcher, also known as Mother Fletcher, and her brother Van Ellis, well known as "Uncle Red," paid a visit to Ghana.