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Special Series: The Election Day Massacre, Part 3

Special Series: The Election Day Massacre, Part 3

FromThe Thread


Special Series: The Election Day Massacre, Part 3

FromThe Thread

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Length:
29 minutes
Released:
Jun 10, 2021
Format:
Podcast episode

Description

After the horrific violence of Election Day, 1920, in Ocoee, Florida, hundreds of Black families fled the town, never to return. White farmers took ownership of their lands. And the crimes of the mobs of white vigilantes - lynching, murders, arson, theft - were covered up for almost a century. Until now.
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Released:
Jun 10, 2021
Format:
Podcast episode

Titles in the series (46)

Explore history’s interlocking lives and events. Turn back the clock, one story at a time. Discover how various strands are woven together to create a historic figure, a big idea or an unthinkable tragedy. From OZY. History. Unwound.