Ocoee, Florida
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Ocoee is a city in Orange County, Florida, United States. It is part of the Orlando–Kissimmee–Sanford, Florida metropolitan statistical area. According to the 2020 US Census, the city had a population
The Withers-Maguire House
Ocoee massacre
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The Ocoee massacre was an act of mass racial violence in November 1920. During the massacre, a white mob attacked African American residents in the northern parts of Ocoee, Florida, a town located in
Ocoee, Florida
…The construction of the Florida Midland Railroad in the 1880s spurred growth in the area and many more settlers moved in. On November 2, 1920, after July Perry and Mose Norman, two Black men, attempted to vote and encouraged other Black people to vote, the entire Black population of the town was attacked by a…
Julius "July" Perry, a black resident of Ocoee, Florida, who was lynched on Nov. 3, 1920, during the Ocoee massacre.
Front page of the Orlando Evening Reporter-Star, on Nov. 3, 1920, documents the Ocoee massacre.
A historical marker in remembrance of July Perry was erected by the Equal Justice Initiative at the Orange County Regional History Center in Orlando.
Le Petit Journal 7 Oct 1906