The incident, known as the Rosewood massacre, would end with at least eight casualties: six Black people and two White people. Historians say the violence erupted after a White woman claimed she was a assaulted by a Black man. Similar to Tulsa, the community was decimated and many survivors left and never returned. But in 1994, Florida’s legislature would pass a bill that awarded $150,000 payments to survivors who could prove they owned property during the massacre and set up

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