Florida Laws Governing Compensation and Justice for the Rosewood Massacre

Original Title

Florida Laws Governing Compensation and Justice for the Rosewood Massacre

Devised Title

Florida Laws Governing Compensation and Justice for the Rosewood Massacre

Date

1921

Creator

Florida House of Representatives See all items with this value

James Peters See all items with this value

Lynn Imhof See all items with this value

Stephen F. Hanlon See all items with this value

State University System of Florida See all items with this value

Charles B. Reed See all items with this value

Vice Patricia Hansen See all items with this value

Florida Board of Regents See all items with this value

Maxine D. Jones See all items with this value

Nancy Stepina See all items with this value

Contributor

Office of The Attorney General

General Robert Butter

Stephen F. Hanlon

Florida House of Representatives

Description

Rosewood Massacre-related Florida laws that established legal procedures for investigating the events and compensating affected families. These statutes set the groundwork for the state’s efforts to rectify the injustices of 1923 by ensuring a formal process for recognizing the descendants' claims and preserving the history of the tragedy.

Primary Subject

1900-1999 See all items with this value

Activism See all items with this value

Justice See all items with this value

Civil rights See all items with this value

Location

Tallahassee

Leon County

Florida

United States of America

Type

Textual document

Medium

Paper

Measurements

L:28cm x W:21.5cm

Format

PDF

HBCU Identifier

MS_0001_01_B07_F8_02

HCAC Identifier

HCAC.FAMU.0193

Rights

All rights reserved. The use of any part of these objects and photographs transmitted in any form by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording, or otherwise, or stored in a retrieval system without the prior written consent of MEBA is an infringement of the copyright law.

Contributing Institution

Florida A&M University

Collection

Rosewood Massacre Collection See all items with this value

Language

English