articles speak of negro homes raided and burned down, many fleeing to the woods, calling the lynchings and terrorism of the black residents a, quote, clash between whites an blacks followed by a grand jury failing to return indictments. florida professor maxine jones calls it an intentional whitewashing of history to hide the horrors of rosewood. i think question should feel uncomfortable about certain aspects of our history, but this is our history. reporter: in 1994, florida governor lawton childs signed a bill to give $150,000 to survivors and scholarships to students like pigett who now attends college 150 miles from her home where she learned about the past. many saw the passing of the law a reckoning. i m glad the state of florida acknowledged rosewood happened and decided to compensate the