Rosewood Massacre: Families Mark 100 Years Since White Mob Razed Black Town & Killed Black Residents

This is the type of american history they'll never teach in schools. Germany is ashamed of their history while america denies it ever happened

Two millions dollars is adding insult to injury. Disgraceful 😡

That's how it always started, Karen makes a false claim & this happened all over the country.

This is true terror when you find yourself facing massacres in your own country by people sharing the same citizenship and without authorities working in your side to protect you.

This is why reparations must be paid. No “minority” group has been treated this way, yet the others are quick to flaunt how easily they establish their communities and prosper. In fact, that only fuels the claim for reparations further. When Black Americans did attempt to prosper, their communities were burned out of hatred and spite. No white mobs burned down Chinatown, Little El Salvador, or Filipinotown. They exclusively targeted Black neighborhoods, and through hyper-policing, redlining, and home devaluation, they still do.

As a Black man born in Chapel Hill, North Carolina, I have worked and lived for nearly three decades internationally. I kindly explain to my family that, I would never live or work in the United States. With my multi-lingual skill set, there are several countries that, I would prefer to live. All of my success has been outside of the United States. Keep calm and keep moving forward outside of the United States.

They don't want this taught in schools.

RIP to those who’s lives where taken. Justice & Peace for the living…

They should ask for their land back F. 2 million

So shameful!!!!

I was in high school in FL in 1994 when the reparations were passed and I remember the story from the news. Yet somehow this history was never taught in my schools. The whitewashing of history is insidious and so damaging.

Same story, different cities 😡

We have been through so much and still haven't received reparations

2 million was a joke.

2 million dollars for a whole town? Maybe if you are using exact property values from at the time of the attack and ignore concepts like inflation

That film Rosewood was very impactful on me as a child. My grandmother made sure all of her grandchildren knew detailed Black history. She wanted us to know what certain groups of people are capable of.

Watch how DeSantis will call this movie a form of CRT and ban it from the theaters.

Lost generational wealth should put that figure at 2 Billion minimum.

I first learned about Rosewood in high school.. from the John Singleton movie. Learned about Tulsa Oklahoma as an adult in the book "A People's History of the United States" by Howard Zinn. These are only the two most well known instances among the likely dozens and dozens of small town sins you'll never hear about.. especially from the education system. "Central Park" was home to a free black settlement know as Seneca Village until they were evicted to make the park. STILL refuse us reparations and Black people still unjustly murdered by police and racist civilians all these years later... I just have no love for this country.

Rest in peace to those innocent souls gone