The Rosewood Massacre
On January 1, 1923 a massacre was carried out in Rosewood, a town with about 150 residents. Rosewood was an all-black community, except for one...
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The Jonestown Massacre
On November 18, 1978, in what became known as the “Jonestown Massacre,” more than 900 members of an American cult called the Peoples Temple died...
The Wilmington Massacre of 1898
The Wilmington Massacre of 1898 was a politically motivated attack by European-Americans against the city’s leading African American citizens. The massacre occurred because Southern Whyte...
The Ocoee Massacre
The Ocoee massacre, considered the “single bloodiest day in modern American political history,” was a violent race riot that broke out on November 2, 1920....
The Slocum Massacre
“Some people don’t want that part of history told because it makes them or their ancestors look bad, but history is history. You can’t just...
The Monroe Massacre
On July 25, 1946, two African American couples and an unborn baby were shot more than 60 times and lynched near the Moore’s Ford Bridge,...