Jan. 5, 1923 - After a white woman falsely accuses a black man of rape, a white mob attacks the economically thriving black town of Rosewood, Florida, in a multi-day riot that destroys the town and leaves up to 80 dead. The black businesses never recover. In 1997 the horrific racist attack is dramatized in the film Rosewood. Often when people wonder why black communities suffer from chronic poverty it is historical moments like this that they forget -- or never knew. #BlackLivesMatter
Posted on: Tue, 06 Jan 2015 05:11:17 +0000
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