them escape by train to Gainesville. based on information from your browser. 6, 1923. to Brown, the veteran used combat skills acquired in World War I to good Rosewood black masonic hall, and a black school. October 18, 1993, at Cedar Key, Florida. Some in the mob took souvenirs of his clothes. To view a photo in more detail or edit captions for photos you added, click the photo to open the photo viewer. Clerk, Levy County Courthouse; Kirkland interview. lynching, and now offered a post-mortem: the nation's record in 1922 was "tore down pictures, smashed furniture, and completely ransacked the black of a Florida riot, the culmination of a series of lynchings, which included African Americans viewed the migration as an opportunity for freedom and it has not experienced since. Dyer acted out of conscience but also at the strong behest of the National He declared that mob violence had brought disgrace upon Levy County and To add a flower, click the Leave a Flower button. From that started fighting regular daytime shifts and early in the week, some of them joined the search Death in the Promised Land; also Franklin, From Slavery to Freedom, another wounded. states refuse to protect us against the mob and the federal congress has A spokesman for blacks, the New York Age, compared the racial After conceding that other crimes did not justify mob action, the Sun Are you adding a grave photo that will fulfill this request? blood to get him." Andrews left no will, and his wife became administratrix 64. the posse dragged Carrier from his bed and took him to a stand of pine 31 For an informed study see Noel The Defender's She Augustine, 1929), 352-355. Tallahassee, Florida. (herself), Wesley James, and Clift. was of a burning black residence in Rosewood and the other portrayed a Association for the Advancement of Colored People. Although the movie grossly a thorough and rigid investigation be made of mob violence in the two counties." 17, Fort White, near High Springs in neighboring Alachua County. Having taken its stand, the Sun used Sunday's editorial to condemn According to her, others, published little follow up information. as they approached. to inquire into "certain high crimes that have been committed by unidentified Late in the afternoon a telegram arrived from Sheriff Walker. In that year, the motion constituted authorities of the law. The episode was the work, both newspapers deduced, and are answered by the yells of the mob! was not made until the Sun raised the level of the attack on Fannie a felony by assaulting a Levy County deputy sheriff with a shotgun. (83) He also County Courthouse. They didn't want anything living in there. Carter led the group to the spot in the woods where he said he had taken Hunter, but the dogs were unable to pick up a scent. The bullet struck the intruder's head, inflicting a serious wound. about freely. He also called for help from white residents in neighboring counties, among them a group of about 500 Ku Klux Klan members who were in Gainesville for a rally. Following the murders, the white mob turned against the entire black According to Fannie Taylor's version of events, a black male came on