ROSEWOOD BIBLIOGRAPHY

BOOKS

D'Orso, Michael. Like Judgment Day: The Ruin and Redemptionof a town called Rosewood. G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1996. F975.977D718.

Rosewood Forum. The Rosewood Massacre at a Glance. The Rosewood Forum, 1994.

BOOK ARTICLES

Jones, Maxine D. , McCarthy, Kevin M. "The Rosewood Massacre, January 1923", in African Americans in Florida, pp.83-84.

McCarthy, Kevin M. "Rosewood", in Black Florida,pp.254-257.

INTERNET SITES

http://info.florida.gov/fgils/rosewood.html: The Florida Department of State site.

http://www.displaysforschools.com/rosewood.html: The Rosewood Forum and the Rosewood Heritage Foundation - a web site approved by Rosewood
Family Members. It includes pictures of the survivors, information about the Rosewood Scholarship,
and bus tours.

JOURNAL ARTICLES

Dye, R. Thomas. "Rosewood, Florida: The destruction of an African American community". Historian: A journal of History, Spring 1996,
v58 n3 p605-622.

Finan, Eileen. "Delayed justice: The Rosewood story".Human Rights, Spring 1995, v22 n2 p8-9.

Jerome, Richard. "A measure of justice: for survivors ofthe Rosewood massacre…" People Weekly, Jan. 16, 1995, v43 n2 p46.

Riordan, Patrick. "Rosewood: FSU historians help to right old wrongs". Florida State Magazine, Summer/Fall 1994, pp.14-.

Taylor, John. "The Rosewood massacre". Esquire, July1994 v122 n1 pp.46-53.

"Florida Legislature to pay $2.1 million to victims of 1923racist massacre in Rosewood". Jet, April 25, 1994 v85 n25p12.

"State of Florida to award each Rosewood massacre survivor$100,000 or more". Jet, Jan. 16, 1995 v87 n10 p18.

LEGISLATIVE HISTORY

Florida House bill HR 27-B, 1993 Funding a grant to investigate destructionof Rosewood.

Florida House bill HR 813, 1993 Compensation for victims of Rosewoodmassacre.

Florida House bill HR 2425, 1993 Funding a grant to investigate destructionof Rosewood.

Florida House bill HR 5-D, 1994 Rosewood family scholarship fund.

Florida House bill HR 591, 1994 Compensation for victims of Rosewoodmassacre.*

Florida House bill HR 1359, 1994 Rosewood compensation fund and appropriationfor erection of a monument.

Florida House bill HR 1923, 1993 Resolution commending Minnie Lee Langleyfor her courage in escaping from the Rosewood massacre.

Florida Senate bill SB 1452, 1993 Compensation for the victims of Rosewoodmassacre.

Florida Senate bill SB 2024, 1993 Funding a grant to investigate destructionof Rosewood.

Florida Senate bill SB 1752, 1994 Rosewood compensation fund and appropriationfor erection of a monument.

Florida Senate bill SB 1774, 1994 Compensation for the victims of Rosewoodmassacre.*

Florida Senate bill SB 712, 1995 Rosewood family scholarship fund.

(* Denotes bills that were passed into law)

NEWSPAPER ARTICLES

Booth, William. "70 years ago, a town disappeared in a blazefueled by racial hatred. Not everyone has forgotten". Washington Post,
May 30,1993, p.F1.

Colburn, David. "Rosewood", The Gainesville Sun, Jan. 14, 1994.

Eddy, Kristin. "New light on old horror". Atlanta Constitution, Jan. 2, 1997, p. A4.;"Rosewood massacre revisited". Atlanta Constitution,
Jan. 2, 1997, p. A4.

Flowers, Charles. "Rosewood: 'Ashes 'N the hood".The Seminole Tribune, Sept. 27, 1996, p.3.; "Families bare secrets at Rosewood hearing".
The Seminole Tribune, Sept. 27, 1996, p.1, 24+.

Gallagher, Peter B. "The Rosewood Massacre of 1923". The Seminole Tribune, Jan.15, 1993, p.1+.; "Lost in truth and time".
The Seminole Tribune, Sept.27, 1996, p.3.

Harrison, Eric. "A massacre, the movies and the obligationsof memory". Los Angeles Times, Oct. 16, 1994.

   Moore, Gary. "Rosewood". The Floridian insert of St.Petersburg Times, July 25, 1982, pp.6-19.;"Nothing left but to fight to be heard",
   The FloridaTimes-Union, Jan. 3, 1993.;"Survivor recalls terror of day Rosewood died",TheFlorida Times-Union, Jan. 3, 1993.;
   "Wiped off the map", Tropic insert of The Miami Herald,Mar. 7, 1993 pp.14-18, 22-25.

Reed, Willaim. "Rosewood massacre survivors seek justice".Chicago Defender, Mar. 19, 1994, p. 16.

Rohter, Larry. "Paying for racial attack divides Floridaleaders". New York Times, Mar. 14, 1994, p. A12.

Rozsa, Lori. "Massacre in a small town".Atlanta Journal Constitution, Jan. 17, 1993.

Sharp, Deborah. "In Fla., a 71-year racial debt".USA Today, Mar. 31, 1994, p.A3.

Voyles, Karen. "Survivors dredge up painful memories",The Gainesville Sun, Feb. 24, 1994.

Williams, Mike. "Florida moves to right an old wrong".Atlanta Constitution, Jan. 14, 1994, p.A3.

"A deal that nearly wasn't". Tallahassee Democrat,Feb. 11, 1996.

"A living witness to a bloody past". Tallahassee Democrat,Mar. 21, 1993.

"A new year - And memories". Washington Post, Jan.1, 1993, p. A18.

"A skeleton in Florida's closet". Tallahassee Democrat,Aug. 15, 1982.

"Bill would compensate massacre's children". TallahasseeDemocrat, Dec. 31, 1993.

"Black history" Tropic insert of The Miami Herald, Mar.7, 1993 p.4.

"Checks ready for Rosewood survivors". GainesvilleSun, Jan. 6, 1995.

"Descendants meet to celebrate victory". TallahasseeDemocrat, July 22, 1995.

"Exhibit Commemorating Rosewood Massacre Opens". Gainesville Sun, October 16, 2000.

"Father, son say massacre was sparked by blacks".TallahasseeDemocrat, Mar. 11, 1994.

"Florida urged to compensate victims of racial attack in '23". New York Times, Mar. 22, 1994, p. A17.

"Florida panel backs compensation in riots". New YorkTimes, Mar. 24, 1994, p. A17.

"Hearing brings graphic memories of Rosewood to light".Tallahassee Democrat, Feb. 24, 1994.

"In 1923, a white mob attacked a black town and wiped it off the Florida map". Tallahassee Democrat, Mar. 21, 1993.

"It's official: Rosewood families get compensation". The Orlando Sentinel, May 5, 1994.

"Klan trying to prove massacre at Rosewood never happened". The Miami Herald, Mar. 6, 1993.

"Last negro homes razed in Rosewood". New York Times,Jan. 8, 1923.

"Massacre at Rosewood: A survivor speaks". The SeminoleTribune, Feb. 26, 1993, p.1+.

"Nothing left but to fight to be heard". The FloridaTimes-Union, Jan. 3, 1993.

"Payments close a Rosewood chapter". Tallahassee Democrat,May 28, 1995.

"Race riot in Levy County results in several deaths". Tallahassee Democrat, Jan. 5, 1923.

"Recompense being sought for massacre". New York Times,Jan. 2, 1994.

"Report relives tale of horror". Tallahassee Democrat,Dec. 23, 1993.

"Rosewood survivors live to see 'justice'". TallahasseeDemocrat, Apr. 9, 1994.

"Rosewood witness: Deputy knew of riot, but didn't act".Tallahassee Democrat, Mar. 12, 1994.

"Son of Rosewood speaks out: Q & A with Arnett Doctor".The Seminole Tribune, Apr. 23, 1993, p.1+.

"State lifts Rosewood 'shade of shame'". TallahasseeDemocrat, May 5, 1994.

"Survivors of town razed in rampage seek redemption".Tallahassee Democrat, Dec. 29, 1992.

"The Rosewood bill". The Seminole Tribune, Feb. 26,1993, p.1+.

"Unprecedented verification process begins". TallahasseeDemocrat, May 9, 1994.

"Witness tells lynching story". The Orlando Sentinel,Mar. 27, 1994.

NEWS MEDIA

"Questions remain in 1923 massacre of blacks in Florida".From National Public Radio All things considered , Oct.16, 1993 program n1272.
For transcripts write or call JournalGraphics Inc., 1535 Grant Street., Denver Co. 80203, 1-800-TALK-SHO.

"Survivors of Rosewood, Fl, massacre compensated". FromABC World News Tonight, Apr. 8, 1994, Program n4070. For transcripts
write or call Journal Graphics Inc., 1535 Grant Street., DenverCo. 80203, 1-800-TALK-SHO.

REPORT

A documented history of the incident which occurred at Rosewood,Florida, in January 1923…v1-2. Tallahassee, Fla.: Boardof Regents, 1993. F975.977s R818.

(Bibliography prepared by Elaine Dickinson, Librarian Specialist, Florida Room, State Library of Florida.)

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