New York: Grosset/Putnam Books The Ruin and Redemption of a Town Called Rosewood. Dust jacket and book very good condition. CR 1996, 373 pages with index, notes, and sources. Text cut photos. Rosewood, Florida - a town of middle-class hard-working black men and women was forced to face an atrocity of racial unrest. More than 70 years ago this town was attacked by rampaging whites in the winter of 1923 - the town was destroyed, its inhabitants dispersed forever. A great story, of memory and pain, and of determination and triumph. In 1994, The Florida State Legislature voted $2 million of compensation for the surviving family members.. First Printing. Hard Cover. (more information)

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