In 1923, an all-white mob burned down the small mill town of Rosewood, Fla., killing at least six people and driving out black residents. Decades later, the survivors won reparations from Florida legislators, including a scholarship that allowed any Rosewood descendants to attend any of the state’s public universities. Robert Samuels reports on a conversation around the complicated legacy and effects of those reparations.
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How a scholarship helped — and didn't help — descendants of victims of the Rosewood racial massacre.
Photos of the Rosewood descendants that keep a once-forgotten history alive.
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