Restitution Amounts for Rosewood Descendants and Affected Families

Original Title

Restitution Amounts for Rosewood Descendants and Affected Families

Devised Title

Restitution Amounts for Rosewood Descendants and Affected Families

Date

1995

Creator

Office of The Attorney General See all items with this value

Robert Butterworth See all items with this value

James A. Peters See all items with this value

Guy David Robinson See all items with this value

Minnie L. Langley See all items with this value

Greg Durden See all items with this value

Contributor

Minnie L. Langley

Greg Durden

Maxine D. Jones

Larry E. Rivers

David R. Colburn

R. Tom Dye

William R. Rogers

Description

A 1995 newspaper clipping highlighting Minnie Lee Langley’s written plea for compensation tied to the 1923 Rosewood Massacre. A survivor of the event, Langley recounts the devastating events, the personal losses she endured, and her pursuit of justice decades after the destruction of the all-Black community.

Primary Subject

1900-1999 See all items with this value

Activism See all items with this value

Civil rights See all items with this value

Justice 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_B06_F6_06

HCAC Identifier

HCAC.FAMU.0185

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

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