A 1923 massacre wiped out a vibrant Black town. New Florida laws make it hard for kids to learn about it

Exactly 100 years ago, a white mob razed Rosewood, Florida, to the ground. But Governor Ron DeSantis is pushing restrictions that make it hard to teach about the state’s racist history.

Last year, in the deserted town of Rosewood, Florida, a man in a pickup truck drove by and yelled racist obscenities at Marvin Dunn, a Black former professor who owns five acres of land there. Then, the man sped at Dunn, almost striking his son.

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