Mabel Little
1901–2001
Greenwood salon owner and massacre survivor who told the story to the end of her life.
📖Biography
Mabel Little ran the Little Rose Beauty Salon in Greenwood with her husband Pressley. In the 1921 massacre the couple lost their home and businesses. She rebuilt her life in Tulsa and became one of the massacre's most important living witnesses, publishing her memoir 'Fire on Mount Zion' in 1990 and testifying about what she had seen. She died in 2001 at the age of ninety-nine, still seeking justice for Greenwood.
Key Achievements
Owned the Little Rose Beauty Salon on Greenwood Avenue
Survived the 1921 massacre and rebuilt her life in Tulsa
Published the memoir 'Fire on Mount Zion' in 1990
Advocated for reparations into her nineties
Legacy & Impact
Mabel Little kept Greenwood's memory alive when the world tried to forget it, bridging the massacre generation and the modern fight for recognition.