Rosewood is an unincorporated community in Levy County, Florida, United States, located just off State Road 24, approximately one mile (1.6 km) northeast of Sumner and nine miles (14 km) northeast of …

May 4, 2018 · The Rosewood Massacre was an attack on the predominantly African American town of Rosewood, Florida, in 1923 by large groups of white aggressors. The town was entirely destroyed by …

A small town in Levy County, FL became ground zero for historical events that helped define the conversation around race and reparations in America. Read the story of Rosewood, FL.

Rosewood was a prosperous Black community in Florida that became a ghost town after a racially-motivated massacre in 1923. All buildings except John Wright’s house were burned down during the …

Welcome to The Real Rosewood Foundation, dedicated to preserving and sharing the legacy of Rosewood, Florida. We are a historical foundation that is committed to advancing public interest in …

Jan 6, 2023 · Nine miles before Florida State Road 24 dead-ends in the Gulf of Mexico, a cast aluminum historical marker stands next to a white two-story home – all that is left of Rosewood, a once-thriving, …

A Documented History Of the Massacre which occured at Rosewood, Florida, in January 1923, was submitted to the Florida Board of Regents on December 22, 1993 from The Rosewood Report. This …

Jan 8, 2023 · Rosewood became the site of a horrific massacre 100 years ago, during the first week of January in 1923. This rural town was one of several Black communities in the US that suffered racial...

The Rosewood massacre was a racially motivated massacre of Black people and the destruction of a Black town that took place during the first week of January 1923 in rural Levy County, Florida, United …

Jan 4, 2023 · In the early 1900s, Rosewood was a small town in a rural part of Florida that’s full of pines and oaks. The name came from its abundant red cedars, which were cut down to make pencils.