Other Black students in Ocoee will also be eligible for the funds. The scholarship will be a $305,000 recurring appropriation from the state s general fund and will be available indefinitely, according to Bracy.
In the days leading up to November 2, 1920, Ku Klux Klan members marched through Black neighborhoods in Ocoee, threatening Black residents not to vote. In defiance of the threats, Mose Norman, a Black Ocoee resident, made multiple attempts to reach the ballot box, but each time he was turned away by white poll workers.
After the polls closed, a mob of deputized white men carrying guns came in search of Norman, who was thought to have taken refuge in the home of his friend, Julius July Perry. Norman wasn t there, but Perry fought back, engaging in a gunfight with members of the mob. Perry was captured and taken to an Orange County jail, where he was later kidnapped, lynched, and left bullet-ridden and hanging outside the home of a federal judge who had advised him on vot
Scholarship made available yearly to African-American residents of Ocoee seeking higher education Share Updated: 12:25 AM EDT May 6, 2021
Scholarship made available yearly to African-American residents of Ocoee seeking higher education Share Updated: 12:25 AM EDT May 6, 2021
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Show Transcript THE JUDGE SAID THE PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE ACT DOES NOT GIVE CDC THE LEGAL AUTHORITY TO IMPOSE THE MORATORIUM, WHICH WAS FIRST ISSUED LAST YEAR DURING THE PANDEMIC. THE JUSTICE DEPARTMENT HAS FILED AN APPEAL TO THE RULING. STEWART: NEW TONIGHT, REPARATIONS FOR THE DESCENDANTS OF THE OCOEE MASSACRE. MORE THAN $300,000 WILL NOW BE MADE AVAILABLE YEARLY TO FUND 50 SCHOLARSHIPS FOR PEOPLE SEEKING HIGHER EDUCATION. THE GREAT GRANDSON OF JULY PERRY SPOKE TO OUR GAIL PASCHALL-BROWN ABOUT THE DECISION. THIS WILL BE AVAILABL STARTING JULY 1. GAIL: THE RANDOLPH BRACY OCOEE SCHOLARSHIP PROGRAM IS NOW FULLY FUNDED. IT OFFERS 50 SCHOLARSHIPS EVERY YEAR TO DE
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TALLAHASSEE Lawmakers during this year’s legislative session eliminated grants that help students at some private colleges pay tuition and got rid of an annual textbook stipend for Bright Futures scholarship recipients but stopped short of upending the way the $650 million Bright Futures program is funded.
Sen. Dennis Baxley, R-Ocala, in February filed a proposal (SB 86) aimed at cutting Bright Futures aid for students in degree fields deemed by higher-education governing boards as unlikely to lead to employment.
The legislation quickly sparked a public outcry led by a group, known as “Save Bright Futures,” made up primarily of prospective college students.