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Like judgment day : the ruin and redemption of a town called Rosewood

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  • Running Time: 14:26 hrs
    Narrator: Richard Davidson
    Publisher:
    Recorded Books, 2015
    Note: This book was purchased with support from the Government of Canada's Social Development Partnerships Program - Disability Component.

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  • Author: D'Orso, Michael
    Contributor: Recorded Books, Inc.; Davidson, Richard
    Edition: Unabridged
    Date:
    Created
    2015
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    Copyrighted
    1996
    Summary:

    When a black man was accused of attacking a white woman in a rural Florida town, a tinderbox of racial hatred was ignited. On New Year's Day 1923, Rosewood, a town of hard-working, middle class African Americans was burned to the ground by an angry mob of whites. After hiding in frigid nearby swamps for days, the few survivors never returned. The town's existence vanished like a mirage until 1982 when a local journalist-writing an article on weekend getaways-stumbled upon the Rosewood secret.

    Original Publisher: Prince Frederick, Md., [Prince Frederick, Md.], Recorded Books, [Distributed by] OneClick Digital
    Language(s): English
    ISBN: 9781490661049