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	Rosewood - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		All the real rosewoods belong to the genus Dalbergia, but note that the reverse is not true: only a few (perhaps not much over a dozen) species of the genus are recognized as rosewoods.
		Rosewood is the prefered wood used to make the keys of a marimba or xylophone, because it resonates more than most other types of wood.
		Rosewood is also a popular wood for guitar fretboards, and acoustic guitar backs.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Rosewood (388 words)

	Info and facts on 'Rosewood, Florida' (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		Rosewood, a village of mainly fl (A person with dark skin who comes from Africa (or whose ancestors came from Africa)) inhabitants, was attacked and burned down after a white woman claimed a fl man had raped her.
		The Florida legislature awarded compensation to the victims in 1994.
		The murders and arson in Rosewood, Florida were the subject of a somewhat sensationalised 1997 film Rosewood.
	www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/r/ro/rosewood,_florida.htm (130 words)

	Civil Rights Journal: Remembering Rosewood
		Rosewood made national news in the mid 1990s, mostly because of the Florida State legislature's controversial debate over whether to award reparations to the victims and their children.
		Rosewood is a story of romance and violence set in the remote hammocks of north central Florida, and its very absence of ascertainable fact seems to license the imagination.
		The dogs led the mob to Rosewood, where a local flsmith named Sam Carter was strung up on an old, moss-covered oak and threatened with hanging until he confessed to having driven the suspect away in his wagon.
	www.findarticles.com /p/articles/mi_m0HSP/is_1_4/ai_66678563 (1560 words)

	The Historian: Rosewood, Florida: the destruction of an Africa... @ HighBeam Research (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		Rosewood's quiet community life was shattered on the morning of 1 January 1923 when Fannie Taylor, a white woman and resident of Sumner, claimed she was attacked by a fl man in her home.
		Events in Rosewood were symptomatic of racial patterns and tensions that existed throughout Florida, the South, and, to a lesser degree, the nation in the post-World War I era.
		Rosewood, like the events that occurred throughout the South and the nation, was a tragedy, and revealed the powerful commitment to racial exception in a nation committed to democracy and freedom.
	www.highbeam.com /library/doc0.asp?DOCID=1G1:18516921&refid=ip_almanac_hf (6255 words)

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		The residents of Rosewood did not return due to fear, and it appears that many simply abandoned their property because the area was not secured for their safety.
		Under section 870.04, Florida Statutes, which also was in force at the time, a sheriff has the duty to order rioters to disperse, but it does not appear that the statute gives rise to a civil cause of action.
		Accordingly, it appears that those Rosewood claimants who as children were subjected to the violence and forced to leave their homes should each be awarded compensation in the amount of $150,000.
	www.tfn.net /doc/rosewood2.txt (4465 words)

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		In Florida and the South, the response of whites to the massive departure of fl residents was mixed.
		ROSEWOOD AND THE RACIAL VIOLENCE OF JANUARY 1923 Lynching had become so common in the United States, especially in the South, that in 1921 Representative L. Dyer of Missouri introduced a bill in the House of Representatives to make lynching a federal crime.
		Rosewood and nearby Sumner constituted a precinct of 307 people in 1910 (158 whites, 128 fls, and 21 mulattoes); by 1920 the population had more than doubled to 638, except now fls were a majority with 344 people, while white residents numbered 294.
	www.tfn.net /doc/rosewood.txt (17236 words)

	The Rosewood Massacre
		The author's mission is to take the emotional remnants of the Rosewood destruction and mount a living monument in the minds of those that were affected directly and indirectly by the Rosewood Massacre.
		The author is a direct Rosewood descendant, the niece of the Rosewood schoolteacher, Mahulda Gussie Brown Carrier and Aaron Carrier.
		Aaron was born in Rosewood, Florida and his wife was born in Archer, Florida.
	www.afrocubaweb.com /rosewood.htm (1572 words)

	The Real Rosewood® (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		This website as well as Jenkins' book The Real Rosewood Volume I are a compilation of years of research and devotion to disclose the true history of the 1923 Rosewood Massacre and to serve as the voice for justice of the survivors and descendants of those who suffered this historical tragedy.
		The Cummer and Sons Sawmill was located in Sumner, approximately three miles from Rosewood.
		Several Rosewood residents worked at this sawmill believed to be the Sumner sawmill.
	www.rosewoodflorida.com (146 words)

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		Although newspapers had their biases in reporting the Rosewood events, the editorial responses of white and fl state, regional, and national newspapers and other publications are important in evaluating the Rosewood affair.
		Although Florida's newspapers were slow to criticize the violence in Rosewood, they recognized that the extent of the destruction in the community had been excessive and they were concerned that additional racial violence would undermine stability in the region.
		This condensation of Rosewood's history is based on research by Tom Dye who utilized minutes of the Levy County Board of Commissioners, state and federal manuscript census reports, Florida Railroad Commissioner reports, Levy County deed record books, other primary sources, official and unofficial, and a large number of secondary sources.
	mailer.fsu.edu /~mjones/rosewood/rosewood.html (19895 words)

	Amazon.com: Rosewood's Ashes : A Tory Travers/David Alvarez Mystery (Tory Travers/David Alvarez Mysteries): Books (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		Not exactly a historical mystery, Rosewood's Ashes is a modern murder mystery set in the world of history -- the academic study of the racially-motivated 1923 tragedy that occurred in Rosewood, Florida.
		ROSEWOOD'S ASHES is a fine mystery with enough twists and turns and red herrings to keep any reader interested.
		Schumacher skillfully creates and authentic voice for this young fl girl that is an engaging contrast to the crackling repartee that is the highlight of the contemporary episodes with Tory and David.
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	Rosewood
		The Rosewoods are about 100-150 species of small to medium-size trees of the genus Dalbergia, in the pea family Fabaceae, subfamily Faboideae.
		See also Rosewood, Florida for the village of this name in Florida
		God made the Idiot for practice, and then He made the School Board.
	www.brainyencyclopedia.com /encyclopedia/r/ro/rosewood.html (167 words)

	BLACKCITY.NET---->history
		Includes streaming audio interview of a Rosewood Massacre descendent.
		African-American Mosaic - a Library of Congress Resource guide for the study of fl history and culture.
		Rosewood, Florida - a massacre triggered by a lie.
	www.blackcity.net /black/history/index.htm (1207 words)

	Rosewood's History (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		Rosewood, but they did not wear their regalia.
		Rosewood about a quarter of a mile from their store.
		Rosewood race riot we did not speak of it as justifiable in the sense
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	Black People And Their Place In World History
		The NAACP persuaded the U.S. Supreme Count for the first time in history to reverse a racially biased Southern court.
		Director John Singleton exposed the horror of the Rosewood, Florida massacre of 1922 in his film entitled “Rosewood.” A White mob burned down the entire town and tried to kill all of its Black inhabitants.
		In April 1994, the Florida legislature passed the “Rosewood Bill,” which awarded $150,000 to each of the riot’s nine eligible Black survivors.
	www.computerhealth.org /ebook/20thcentpost.htm (8854 words)

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