A thriving town in Rosewood Florida was burned to the ground one hundred years ago. Rosewood was an African-America town decimated by a violent white mob. Violence broke out on January 1st, 1923 when a white women claimed she was assaulted by a black man. The week long massacre resulted in the loss of homes, churches ,schools, and businesses. In 1994, the Florida legislature passed a bill recognizing the event and compensating survivors' descendants. CNN recently published an article highlighting this lesser know event in Ameican history.
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