Ocoee riot descendants due scholarships, Florida lawmaker says
Sen. Randolph Bracy wants to make the descendants of the people harmed by the 1920 Ocoee massacre eligible for $6,100 a year scholarships.
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The front page of the Orlando Evening Star from Nov. 3, 1920 notes that eight died in a riot in Ocoee. The historical record around the event does not show the number of dead so clearly, however. [ Newspapers.com ]
By Jim Turner
Published Feb. 18
TALLAHASSEE â A state senator is seeking to expand a scholarship program set up more than 25 years ago because of a massacre in Rosewood to include people whose families were directly affected by the racially motivated 1920 Ocoee Election Day riot in Central Florida.