Rosewood, Florida - Wikipedia
Rosewood is an unincorporated community in Levy County, Florida, United States, located just off State Road 24, approximately 1 mile (1.6 km) northeast of Sumner and 9 miles (14 km) northeast of Cedar Key. [1] . An African-American community prospered there in the early 20th century, until a white mob destroyed it in the 1923 Rosewood massacre.
Rosewood massacre - Wikipedia
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.
Rosewood, Florida, marks 100 years since race massacre. Here’s …
2023年1月8日 · In the years after World War I, Black people were thriving in the central Florida town of Rosewood when a White mob driven by racial animosity decimated the entire community within days....
Rosewood Massacre ‑ Overview, Facts & Legacy | HISTORY
2018年5月4日 · The Rosewood Massacre was an attack on the predominantly African American town of Rosewood, Florida, in 1923 by large groups of white aggressors. The town was entirely destroyed by the end of...
Rosewood Remembered: Centennial of racist massacre that …
2023年1月6日 · Nine miles before Florida State Road 24 dead-ends in the Gulf of Mexico, a cast aluminum historical marker stands next to a white two-story home – all that is left of Rosewood, a once-thriving, predominantly Black town terrorized and razed to the ground by a racist mob 100 years ago this month.
HOME | Remembering Rosewood
A small town in Levy County, FL became ground zero for historical events that helped define the conversation around race and reparations in America. Read the story of Rosewood, FL.
The Real Rosewood Foundation | Rosewood, FL, USA
The history buried for over 70 years, the story of Rosewood – what it was and what became of it – remained a secret in the hearts and minds of the survivors, descendants, and the white conspirators. We're here to share the history of the Real Rosewood.
ROSEWOOD History - The Real Rosewood
The history buried for over 70 years, the story of Rosewood – what it was and what became of it – remained a secret in the hearts and minds of the survivors, descendants, and the white conspirators. In 1994, the Florida House and Senate passed the Rosewood Claim Bill 591, signed into law by Governor Lawton Chiles.
OUR HISTORY - Rosewood
Located nine miles east of Cedar Key near the Gulf of Mexico, Rosewood, Fla. was founded in 1847. The town had a population of 200, mostly African-American families, and a lone white family, the Wrights, who owned the last remaining store. Some years before its infamous demise, Rosewood was a bustling and fiscally diverse town with black ...
Rosewood Florida: Racial violence destroyed city 100 years ago
2023年1月3日 · 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...