rosewood (fla.)

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rosewood (fla.)

Like judgment day

the ruin and redemption of a town called Rosewood
Presents the text of "Like Judgment Day, " which tells the story of the destruction of the African-American community of Rosewood, Florida in 1923 by a white mob seeking revenge for the alleged rape of a white woman; and includes commentary and illustrations from the making of a film about the incident.
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Rosewood

2007
Presents a dramatization of the predominately African-American town of Rosewood, Florida, that was burned to the ground and many of its residents murdered by a white racist mob in 1923.

Like judgment day

the ruin and redemption of a town called Rosewood
1996
Details the events when a middle-class community of African-American residents were terrorized by whites who destroyed their town in 1923.
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