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The Rosewood massacre was a racially motivated massacre of black people and the destruction of a black town that took place during the first week of January 1923 in rural Levy County, Florida, United States. At least six black people were killed, but eyewitness accounts suggested a higher death toll of 27 to 150.
The small black population of Pollock left the town after the massacre of more than 100 blacks in nearby Colfax. November 1, 1878 Celina, Tennessee: Celina's black population left on November 1, 1878 after being subject to a series of violent actions over the course of several months. [5] 1886 Comanche County, Texas
A white mob shot and killed a black man and then hung two black men, one of which was a minister, and two black women, one of which was pregnant at the time. Everett massacre: 1916 Nov 5 Everett: Washington: 5 27 injured and scores of IWW unionists arrested by police and vigilantes. Elaine massacre: 1919 Sep 30 Phillips County: Arkansas: 100–241
Next week, during the centennial anniversary of the violence, descendants and impacted communities will commemorate the Rosewood Massacre and honor the lives lost, acknowledge trauma shared and ...
Now, historians and descendants of those families are making sure the story of the Rosewood massacre is never forgotten. How a Florida race massacre in 1923 was almost erased from history Skip to ...
Descendants of Rosewood will descend on Gainesville to celebrate their family reunion ending with church at 11 a.m. Sunday at Mount Olive AME Church.
1920 – Ocoee massacre, November 2–3, Ocoee, Florida (race massacre on election day) 1921 – Tulsa Race Massacre , May 31 – June 1, Tulsa, Oklahoma 1921 – Battle of Blair Mountain , August–September, Logan County, West Virginia ; labor massacre in which up to 100 people were killed
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