Deliberate burning of an African American home - Rosewood, Florida
January 4, 1923
State Archives of Florida, Florida Memory, http://floridamemory.com/items/show/34844
Rosewood was a predominantly black, self-sufficient town in rural Levy County, Florida. A violent, racially motivated attack during the first week of January 1923 left the town utterly destroyed and abandoned. Survivors of the attack hid in nearby swamps and were until they were rescued and relocated to larger towns. None of the Rosewood residents ever returned.
