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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
Category: Mass murder in the United States in the 1920s. ... Tulsa race massacre (2 C, 5 P) ... Rosewood massacre;
It was a story about Rosewood, a town in Levy County in north-central Florida. And how that same town, once known as a haven for Black Americans, was decimated by racial violence throughout the ...
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Newberry massacre: 1916 Aug 18 Newberry: Florida: 6 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 ...
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