Rosewood (Spike Lee-John Singleton) - Racism in America

The Rosewood massacre was a violent, racially motivated conflict that took place during the first week of January 1923 in rural Levy County, Florida, United States. At least six blacks and two whites were killed, and the town of Rosewood was abandoned and destroyed during what was characterized as a race riot. Racial disturbances were common during the early 20th century in the United States, reflecting the nation's rapid social changes. Florida had an especially high number of lynchings in the years before the massacre, including a well-publicized incident in December 1922.

Rosewood was a quiet, primarily black, self-sufficient whistle stop on the Seaboard Air Line Railway. Spurred by unsupported accusations that a white woman in nearby Sumner had been beaten and possibly raped by a black drifter, white men from nearby towns lynched a Rosewood resident. When black citizens defended themselves against further attack, several hundred whites combed the countryside hunting for black people, and burned almost every structure in Rosewood. Survivors hid for several days in nearby swamps and were evacuated by train and car to larger towns. Although state and local authorities were aware of the violence, they made no arrests for the activities in Rosewood. The town was abandoned by black residents during the attacks. None ever returned.

Although the rioting was widely reported around the country, few official records documented the event. Survivors, their descendants, and the perpetrators remained silent about Rosewood for decades. Sixty years after the rioting, the story of Rosewood was revived in major media when several journalists covered it in the early 1980s. Survivors and their descendants organized to sue the state for having failed to protect them. In 1993, the Florida Legislature commissioned a report on the events. As a result of the findings, Florida became the first U.S. state to compensate survivors and their descendants for damages incurred because of racial violence. The massacre was the subject of a 1997 film directed by John Singleton. In 2004, the state designated the site of Rosewood as a Florida Heritage Landmark.

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[amhkid123]

White people are still racist and evil...no different than ther great grand parents.....do u know in 2009 when a white person make $1 Black person make shiny 5 penney and Latino 6 shiny penny by the time the white man have $20 Black man will have $1 and Latino $1.2 to buy chicken nagget from mcdonnald....lol....z same all slavery excpt now its covered by the words "Diversity","Democracy","Equal­ity"....zer is no such thing in america.looser nation.solve ur iner problems.DON'T HIDE BEHIND THE VEIL

[PastBeta]

@SteveSmith26 - White people are reaping what they've sown.

I believe it's a neccesary karma. White folks are STILL IN DENIAL.

They even have enough nerve to question why so many black families are dysfunctional. The American history books will NEVER explain in detail

what white folks would do to black people systematically and institutionally.

Luckily, there's been some success stories of blacks trying to rebound from oppression. But there's still a long road to recovery.

[harveysuperboy]

@DamienNeverwinter Sigh...

[DamienNeverwinter]

@harveysuperboy SO, no response. We'll chalk that up as your humiliation. Later loser

[DamienNeverwinter]

@harveysuperboy Nope, I don't go down that road, thanks for the offer but not my thing brother.

[harveysuperboy]

@DamienNeverwinter Sigh.... You want me don't you??

[harveysuperboy]

@DamienNeverwinter Ah... A Uk racist I see I getting worldwide haters..I love it.

[DamienNeverwinter]

@blkpryde1 LMAO read my reply to Harvey son

[DamienNeverwinter]

@harveysuperboy Part 5 However, I'm getting the impression that most of you militant reverse-Nazi people don't care. You have their mind made up about whites and don't want to give them even the slightest chance, but the moment they react to you scream “racism” and “troll” to the four winds of heaven. IF YOU HAD GUTS AND INTEGRITY YOU WOULD UNBLOCK ME AND DEBATE ME. THERE'S NO WAY YOU CAN DEFEND WHAT YOU ARE SAYING BY THE COWARDLY BLOCKING OF ANYONE WHO ASKS QUESTIONS. I wish you all the best.

[DamienNeverwinter]

@harveysuperboy Part 4 There are plenty of whites like myself who would love to turn the other cheek and talk with anti-white black people to gain perspective and offer up our own time to help them understand we are absolutely NOT your enemies. We are your brother and sister human beings. There is only one race -the human race.