This is the eleventh installment of the Untold Series where I look at some of the most important civil rights cases. I quickly unpack their stories and why I believe they are significant. This series is an adaption to an ad hoc seminar I created while a student at Duke University School of Law.
This video looks at the frequent occurrence where vibrant black cities and communities were destroyed during the early part of the 20th Century, either violently or “legal” means. Here I focus on two black communities based in Florida that were destroyed during this period: Ocoee and Goldsboro. The black community in Ocoee was violently destroyed election night of 1920, and Goldsboro was destroyed when the Florida legislature abolished its charter and absorbed it into the city of Sanford. This ended up in a case that went to the Florida Supreme Court.
Resources–
Goldsboro Museum: https://goldsboromuseum.com/
Goldsboro Court Case: 2. Court Case: https://www.casemine.com/judgement/us/59149fe0add7b04934670837#
Book:
Emancipation Betrayed: The Hidden History of Black Organizing and White Violence in Florida from Reconstruction to the Bloody Election of 1920 (Volume 16) by Paul Ortiz
Articles:
1. https://floridapolitics.com/archives/343286-gov-desantis-signs-holocaust-ocoee-massacre-education-bill?fbclid=IwAR0PsdNaDzFYyKtdTAHiq4H1E6St64Vgt3P-OXgEcf9jBrjFee_0IX3oeSY
2. https://infoweb.newsbank.com/apps/news/document-view?p=WORLDNEWS&docref=news/0EB4EFE2B6DF9452&f=basic
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Palooke
