An Ocoee Black Man Was Lynched 100 Years Ago. Now There’s New Racial Tension Among Groups Who Can’t Agree On How To Remember Him

Stephen Hudak, South Florida Sun-Sentinel
Fri, 08/07/2020 - 10:49am

Now, as the centennial anniversary of the massacre that led to the lynching of Black land-owner July Perry approaches, the city is trying to remember the victims with a permanent marker. But the effort to reckon with its ugly past is rife with new conflict.

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