CNN

Rosewood, Florida, marks 100 years since race massacre. Here’s what happened

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 ...
Yahoo

Their ancestors died before they could fully enjoy the reparations they received. Years later, the money 'played a big role' in going to college.

A Black community in Rosewood, Florida was destroyed by white vigilantes in January 1923. The survivors of the Rosewood massacre received reparations in 1994. Their descendants were able to attend ...
Cleveland.com

Lessons for Cleveland from Rosewood, Florida -- 100 years after racial massacre: Justice B. Hill

CLEVELAND, Ohio — I doubt we’ll ever know the macabre truth of what happened in Rosewood, Florida, on the first of January, 100 years ago. We won’t learn about it on TV, and our children won’t learn ...
Yahoo

Remembering Rosewood: Descendants mark racial violence that razed Florida town 100 years ago

ROSEWOOD, Fla. — Lizzie Robinson Jenkins’s living room walls are covered in neat rows and columns of early 1900s history. Tables are littered with artifacts from her aunt, including frayed ...