Despite being acquitted by the court, an angry white mob took matters into their own hands in 1925 Seminole County.
Lynching
Lynched in Longwood: The Brutal Killing of John West
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 60 years. It must have seemed like a lifetime ago to Julius “July” Perry since he first arrived in Ocoee. More...