Revisiting the Rosewood Massacre, 100 Years Later

A Double-Edged Example Of Florida Justice

By The Literary Digest Magazine — Florida Memory Project Call number RC12409., Public Domain

While flipping through cable channels searching for something to watch, I settled on Rosewood (1997), featuring Ving Rhames, Don Cheadle, and Elise Neal. I was generally aware of what happened there and that I was watching a fictionalized account of the events. I compartmentalized my anger while watching, angry…