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In January 1923, a white mob slaughtered Black residents of Rosewood, Fla., and burned down most of the predominantly Black town in the Rosewood Massacre.
On January 1, 1923, Rosewood, Florida, was a thriving town of mostly African American residents. Seven days later, it was gone, burned to the ground by a white mob.
FLORIDA is the 27th state of the United States of America, and the fourth most populous state with 16.4 million residents. Geography Florida is a penins.