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100 years after Rosewood attack, it’s sad to see DeSantis embrace Florida’s Old South legacy

by Diane Roberts | Florida Phoenix January 9, 2023August 10, 2023

A century on, many Floridians have never heard of Rosewood. Most of them came from somewhere else. They move here to escape history, to pretend that the burdens of America’s past don’t apply in this warm, beachy place.

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