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Racial Violence Threatened in 1925 Sebring
Many people in Sebring today like to have rose-colored glasses about race relations in the town’s history. Inescapably, Sebring was […]
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East Altamonte Clings to its Heritage
Against all odds, East Altamonte has persisted for over 130 years. The historically black community is surrounded by valuable real […]
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Longwood Town Marshal Kidnapped by the KKK
The Ku Klux Klan of the 1920s is notorious for lynchings and bigotry. And that dishonor is well-earned, of course. […]
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Southern States Feared Negro Domination
Nothing was more terrifying to wealthy landowners in the post-Confederate South than an empowered black electorate. The suffrage of the […]
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Ocoee On Fire: The 1920 Election Day Massacre
A quiet Florida citrus town became the scene of a gruesome racial cleansing that purged the black population for over […]