Rosewood
Incident
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,... Wikipedia
Location: Rosewood and Levy County
Dates: Jan 1, 1923 – Jan 7, 1923
Deaths: : 6 black and 2 white people (official figure); 27 to 150 in some reports;
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