Rosewood: Part 2

Via Rare Newspapers

With several politicians, including Park Tramwell (governor), ignoring the lynchings and mob violence towards the black community, Rosewood started losing inhabitants at an alarming rate.

It was in the 1920s that four men were accused of raping a white woman in Maccleny, Florida. The same year, two black men brought weapons with them to vote in Ocoee and when denied shot two officials. Due to these actions, a mob of white individuals destroyed most of the town, burning down many of the buildings. A race riot in 1922 lead to a black man being burned at the stake, many buildings being destroyed, and two men hanged.

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