Working Class History on Nostr: #OtD 1 Jan 1923 a white mob, fueled by false allegations, committed the Rosewood ...

#OtD 1 Jan 1923 a white mob, fueled by false allegations, committed the Rosewood Massacre. Over seven days, the racist mob destroyed the predominantly Black town in Florida, killing at least six people (with eyewitness accounts reporting far more deaths) https://stories.workingclasshistory.com/article/8067/rosewood-massacre