Rosewood

During the week of January 8, 1923 the town of Rosewood was razed to the ground in an act of racial violence so severe it prompted Florida to pass an act of reparations. Now, descendants of the victims are marking the 100th anniversary of Rosewood massacre with a weeklong commemoration.

In 1920, African-Americans in Florida organized a voter registration movement ahead of a presidential election. In Ocoee, a white mob retaliated against…

In 1923, a white mob stormed the small, prosperous African American community of Rosewood, near Florida’s Gulf Coast. Fueled by racial resentment, the mob…