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Florida senator wants to expand scholarships for Ocoee massacre descendants
Jim Turner, News Service of Florida reporter
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Ocoee massacre: 100 years later
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. – 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.
Sen. Randolph Bracy, D-Orlando, said Wednesday he’s been in talks with House and Senate Republican leaders to expand the Rosewood Family Scholarship, which offers up to $6,100 a year to students descended from victims of the January 1923 massacre in the predominantly black Levy County community.
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Last year, State Senator Randolph Bracy led a successful effort to require public-school students to learn about the Ocoee riot, similar to teaching the history of the Holocaust.
An effort is underway to expand a scholarship program set up more than 25 years ago for descendants of the Rosewood massacre to include those whose families were directly impacted by the 1920 Ocoee Election Day riot.
During a news conference at the state capitol Wednesday, State Senator Randolph Bracy said he’s been in talks with Republican House and Senate leadership to expand the Rosewood Family Scholarship that offers up to $6,100 dollars per year to students who are direct descendants of families impacted by the separate January 1923 massacre.
There is a push to pay reparations to the descendants of the Ocoee Massacre victims. The massacre, which occurred the day of the U.S. presidential election in 1920, was the result of a violent attack by a white mob on African-American residents. State Senator Randolph Bracy wants the proposed reparations to come in the form of an expanded scholarship program.
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.