Rosewood 1923 - Smoke and Sorrow

by Larry W. Jones

Rosewood Florida was originally settled in 1845 by both Black and white people. Black codes and Jim Crow laws in the years after the Civil War fostered segregation in Rosewood. A white woman, 22-year-old Fannie Taylor, claimed a black man had entered her house and assaulted her. This was never proved and her white lover was suspected to be the real culprit. However, word spread and the resulting "Rosewood Massacre" was an attack on the predominantly...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1312775475
• ISBN13: 9781312775473
• Release Date: March 2023
• Publisher: Lulu.com
• Length: 46 Pages
• Weight: 0.52 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 6.0" x 9.0"