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    Historic photograph of Julius ‘July’ Perry wearing a suit and hat
    Julius ‘July’ Perry, an Ocoee landowner and community leader killed during the 1920 Ocoee Massacre.
    Photographer unknown. Image reproduced from Florida History Blog. · Archive source

    Jim Crow & Racial Violence

    November 2, 1920 · violence continued into November 3 · Ocoee, Orange County, Florida

    Ocoee Election Day Massacre

    An attempt by Mose Norman to vote on November 2, 1920, was followed by white mob violence, July Perry’s lynching, and the displacement of Ocoee’s Black community.

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    Ruins of a burned African American home in Rosewood, Florida, 1923
    Ruins of a burned African American home in Rosewood, Florida, 1923.
    State Archives of Florida, Florida Memory, RC12408. · Archive source

    Jim Crow & Racial Violence

    January 1923 · several days beginning January 1 · Rosewood, Levy County, Florida

    Rosewood Massacre

    Over several days in January 1923, a white mob attacked the Black community of Rosewood, Florida, forcing residents to flee and destroying homes.

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